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marine life

Environment

Toxic algae blighting South Australia could pose a global threat

Researchers warn that the alga Karenia cristata, which has killed around a million animals in Australian waters in one of the biggest algal blooms ever seen, could harm marine life elsewhere

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Life

Orcas are ganging up on great white sharks to eat their livers

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Space

Sorry, but interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS really is a comet, not aliens

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Space

The Martian permafrost may be hiding veins of habitable liquid water

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Life

'Sword Dragon' ichthyosaur had enormous eyes and a lethal snout

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Spurilla neapolitana. A 'groundbreaking' sea slug discovery has been made - in a UK first. The nudibranch Spurilla neapolitana, typically found in much warmer climates, has been discovered in Cornwall. The colourful sea slug is a usual resident in the Caribbean, Mediterranean, and along the western Atlantic. Until now, its most northerly sighting was in Brest, France, in August 2025.

Life

See the alien-looking sea slug spotted in UK waters for the first time

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2YP7KC6 Deep Sea Hydrothermal Vents Mid-Pacific, Deep sea exploration 2025. Deep-sea mining, Deep Ocean Volcanoes

Life

Earth's extraordinary deep biosphere is our next great frontier

Culture

Anonymous (Peruvian). 'Stirrup Vessel in the Form of a Lobster,' AD 4th-6th century. ceramic. Walters Art Museum (2009.20.55): Gift of John Bourne, 2009.

Life

Fascinating artistic depictions of sea life over millennia

Regulars

Marine tube worms in the deep-sea environment

Life

How life thrives in one of the most hostile environments on Earth

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Earth

Underwater volcanic brine pools could be home to extreme life forms

An expedition in the Red Sea found several brine pools that appear to be fed by underwater volcanoes, which may be home to microbes and animals with unique adaptations

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Space

Water might be even more important for alien life than we thought

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Life

Protocells self-assembling on micrometeorites hint at origins of life

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Life

Orcas are bringing humans gifts – what does it mean?

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Life

51¶¯Âþ recommends Phoebe Waller-Bridge's documentary Octopus!

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