Several years ago, scuba divers were exploring coral reefs around Kumejima Island in Japan’s Ryukyu archipelago when they saw what looked like a graveyard of tiny panda skeletons. Well, not exactly sk

Consider a plastic bottle bobbing on the ocean’s surface, thousands of miles from the nearest coastline. To the naked eye, it appears lifeless – just another piece of discarded waste adrift on an endl

Dr Daniel Allen puts the spotlight on Britain’s only native crayfish

Chris Kennedy-Barnard reports back from North Carolina in the USA where hundreds of anglers compete chasing red drum in a gruelling 60-hour surfcasting tournament

I’m in exeter cathedral and i’m looking up at Antarctica. This is Gaia by artist Luke Jerram: a 7m-diameter model of Earth suspended above the nave, created from detailed NASA satellite imagery of the

Christmas is a time of year when friends and family often congregate. But in the underwater world there’s a whole host of benefits to be gained from sticking together