Divers believe they have recorded the first ever footage of an adult great white shark in Mediterranean waters. They spotted the apex predator during a mission to remove ghost nets from a shipwreck off the coast of the Strait of Sicily. “We, as a team of three, saw this huge shark,” Derk Remmers, a volunteer with Ghost Diving told BBC […]
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‘A national scandal’: trawlers scour seabeds of supposedly protected UK waters
Almost 40% of England’s seas are designated as marine protected areas. Their purpose, the government says, is “to protect and recover rare threatened and important marine ecosystems … from damage caused by human activities”. And yet in the four years to 2024, trawlers using vast nets, including those that scour the seabed, caught more than 1.3m […]
‘There’s biological treasure here’: Chile’s endemic seals gain protection with new marine park
Six decades ago, pioneering oceanographer and conservationist Sylvia Earle made a bittersweet discovery while diving off Chile’s oceanic islands with the US National Science Foundation vessel, the Anton Bruun. She found the remains of a baby fur seal, one of the world’s most isolated aquatic mammals. Endemic to the Juan Fernández archipelago, in the Pacific Ocean, and […]
“It came up with a mako shark in its mouth, eating some, then delivering the rest to – me. What happened next was extraordinary…”
Out of season, the chances of seeing wildlife might be lower but, the encounters can be even more incredible, as these wildlife lovers learned when they came face to face with orcas. Baja California Sur has turned into the world’s hotspot to see orcas up close – and that’s where we were headed, says Andi Cross. […]
Oceans Are Getting Darker, Shrinking the Livable Space for Marine Life, Study Finds
According to a new study, about one-fifth of the world’s oceans, spanning around 75 million square kilometers, has been getting darker over the past 20 years. The study, published in the journal Global Change Biology, explored changes to the oceans’ photic zones. As the authors explained, these photic zones are where ecological interactions depend upon […]
Woman has both hands bitten off by shark during close up photography opportunity
Some people will do anything for the perfect shot, and a woman has reportedly lost both her hands while attempting to take close-up photographs of a shark. A Canadian woman in her 50s was attempting to take photographs of the shark in the shallow waters off Blue Hills beach on Provinciales, the main island in […]
Marine Life Under Threat Under Trump’s Second Term
The reelection of Donald Trump as President of the United States casts a long shadow over the future of endangered marine life. With a history of undermining environmental protections and a disdain for climate science, Trump’s policies pose a significant threat to vulnerable marine species. During his previous tenure, Trump notably lifted fishing restrictions in […]
Ecuador’s Coastal Ecosystems Have Rights, Constitutional Court Rules
The Constitutional Court of Ecuador has determined that coastal marine ecosystems have rights of nature, including the right to “integral respect for its existence and for the maintenance and regeneration of its life cycles, structure, functions and evolutionary processes,” per Chapter 7, Articles 71 to 74 in the country’s constitution. This is not the first […]