The worst of the British storm season is usually during autumn and winter, which coincides with pupping season for the islands’ seal populations. Even the hardiest of adult seals can be seriously ...

A baby shark born in a US aquarium appears to be a rare case of parthogenesis, in which a female animal reproduces without having mated with a male. The swell shark (Cephaloscyllium ventriosum) pup ...

The Republic of the Marshall Islands has announced that it is to implement protection for two of the country’s remote and northernmost isles – a pair of uninhabited atolls known as Bikar and Bokak.

DIVE talks to Dr Sarah Martin, survivor of Egypt’s most deadly scuba diving liveaboard disaster, about her escape and rescue after Sea Story capsized In the early hours of the morning of 25 November ...

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