Nature’s weirdest creatures

Dave Lewis recalls a trip to explore the National Museum of Wales’ collection of rare and unusual fish, and asks why these sorts of catches seem to be becoming more common

Of all the strange and wonderful animals that live in the deep sea, perhaps the most tantalising are the ones that are occasionally glimpsed by deep-submerged cameras, then swim off into the darkness

The latest book releases for curious minds

In August 2025, the scientific journal Marine Biodiversity contained a shark-themed paper that was colourful in every sense. The shark documented in it was a 6.6-ft- (2m) long nurse shark Ginglymostom

The elevator pitch made this trip sound very glamorous, but it’s nearing 43ºC and I’ve been stooping around in the desert for over an hour, eyes fixed on the arid earth. We’re in the Turkana Basin in

Dave Lewis looks at how to target the early packs of smoothhounds which begin reappearing inshore in March and bring welcome rod-bending action