Marine life
“A 60-pound seal is barrelling towards me down the corridor.” My day caring for pups at a rescue centre
Risk, Scrabble, Bop It… not games night at the pub but the rescued seals at Mallydams Wood Wildlife Centre. Melissa Hobson spends a day nurturing ailing pups on their road to recovery
It's said this animal can live forever: Meet the creature that can rewind its body clock again – and again...
Can this animal really cheat death?
"What a sight" Gigantic sharks filmed leaping off Irish coast
The spectacular footage, captured by wildlife cinematographer Jack Kelly, shows dozens of basking sharks jumping, feeding and forming circular gatherings off the coast of County Clare.
It may look like a soggy – rather gross – deflated balloon, but don't be fooled... as underwater this weird creature is a mesmerising marine beauty
This strange sea creature may appear limp and deflated at low tide, but underwater it unfolds into a graceful, feathery spectacle.
“Rare to witness – and even rarer to film”: wildlife watcher captures 8m animal feeding off Irish coast
After watching from a clifftop all weekend, videographer Fionn O'Donoghue caught rare footage of a minke whale lunge feeding near Donegal.
'Alien-like' coral spawning event in London amazes scientists
The Horniman Museum is home to a special coral breeding centre that hopes to give fragile corals a brighter future.
Drone captures orca interaction unlike any other off Scottish coast
The two orcas were "almost embracing each other, something I have never seen before," says skipper James Fairbairns, who recorded the rarely seen behaviour in the Sound of Rum.
“Spooky but spectacular” creatures filmed on night dive in Cornwall
Wildlife filmmaker Adam Radage captured the animals while freediving with friends in Falmouth Bay.
“Unbelievable”: huge animal longer than bus seen leaping from Irish waters
No one knows exactly why these enormous sea creatures breach.
It death rolls prey, is longer than a bed and has a mysterious spawning method – meet the deep-sea giant that lurks in UK waters
This sea creature tucks away among reefs at depths of 200m – but has been known to spawn 3,000m deep
Underwater cameras film 12,000 animals off Isles of Scilly
Sharks, octopuses and bluefin tuna were among thousands of marine animals captured on camera near the Isles of Scilly, suggesting the archipelago's seas are among the healthiest in the UK.
Second largest animal on Earth washes up on Welsh beach. Here’s what happens now
The gigantic animal – roughly the size of a bus – is just the fifth fin whale stranding in Wales in over 30 years.
Scuba diver spots bizarre and beautiful sea creatures off Sussex coast
The waters are thriving with an array of marine animals thanks to improved protections, says a researcher who spent hours underwater.
“Rare and breathtaking”: bright blue sharks stun snorkellers in Pembrokeshire
During summer, you can see these spectacular blue sharks swimming calmly through UK waters.
Ocean giants: 10 of the UK’s most colossal sea creatures
Think large ocean animals only live in foreign waters? Think again! You can see huge sharks, whales and turtles right here on our coastlines, says Melissa Hobson.
Shocking surge in cetacean deaths: New report reveals marine crisis unfolding on Scotland’s shores
Exponential increases in whale and dolphin strandings in Scotland has scientists concerned about future
Who is Reggie the dolphin and how should people behave around him?
Conservation experts recommend that people join a responsible whale or dolphin watching trip rather than trying to swim with Reggie – a bottlenose dolphin that has become a regular visitor to waters around Lyme Regis in Dorset this summer.
It's not only the biggest animal in the world today, it is the biggest animal to have ever lived – and can be seen in UK waters
Blue whales, the largest animals ever to live on Earth, are occasionally sighted off Scotland and Cornwall – despite being decimated by commercial whaling in previous centuries
Rare and mysterious deep-sea whale washes up on Norfolk beach
A deep-sea whale was found washed up on the beach, and marine mammal medics were called in to help.
Monumental rise in one of Britain's weirdest and most endearing tiny sea creatures
Changes to boat moorings at Studland Bay have sparked a remarkable rise in local seahorse numbers
"A rare and exciting encounter”: underwater cameras film wardrobe-sized animal off Welsh coast
One of the world's rarest sharks – the angelshark – has been filmed in Cardigan Bay for the first time since 2021.
What's the most common whale in UK waters?
We take a look at the whales that most frequently inhabit UK's waters
What's the most common dolphin in UK waters?
You may be surprised that you can often see dolphins off the coast of the UK
It's the cutest mammal in the ocean, one of the most intelligent animals on the planet - and it even has pet names for each other
Learn all about the endearing bottlenose dolphin, which lives and plays in the waters off the British coastline