The frilled shark

WONDERS OF THE OCEAN

Summer 1975 was a glorious time to be young on the Massachusetts island of Martha’s Vineyard. “We had the beaches to ourselves – nobody else wanted to go in the water, not even a lot of people who’d l

Well, not quite – but it’s true that about 80 per cent of our ocean floor remains unexplored and uncharted. Discovering what our ocean depths look like and what life might be found there is just as ch

Far from the shore, out in the vast expanses of the open seas lives a group of unusual animals, collectively known as ‘neuston’. Their home is the giant, two-dimensional skin of the sea, which forms a

The juvenile colossal squid was filmed near the ...

IT’S A FISH beloved by aquarists around the globe: its sleek, jet-black body and vibrant crimson tail make it a striking presence in any home aquarium. The red-tailed black shark, or red tail sharkmin