Spotlight on sealife

Shellfish reef restoration efforts around the world need your help. Over the past two centuries we have lost 85%…

We’ve all heard the rhyme “Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore,” but surely these shells do more than just…

Despite the name, shellfish are not fish in the true sense of the word. Shellfish are a group of aquatic invertebrate…

Uniquely adapted to a life of extremes, mangroves have evolved to not just survive, but *THRIVE* where most plants…

Many of us have spent time alongside the rocky shore, bucket and net in hand, wading through the rockpools as we turn over clumps of seaweed and large rocks in the hopes of finding tiny marine creatures..

Whether you know them as tide pools or rock pools, they are usually the first marine ecosystem ocean lovers…

Seagrass meadows are host to some of the most beautiful, diverse and charismatic creatures in our marine world…

Kelp forests are biodiversity hot-spots. These marine macro-algae grow very quickly and create dense underwater habitat structures…

I say kelp, you say… Slimy? Ask around but I bet that for many “magical” is the last word that springs to mind…

The deep sea is an almost alien landscape. In fact, we know less about it than we do the entire surface of the…

The open ocean may not be the first or even the second or third thing that comes to mind when thinking about marine ecosystems…

The first coral spawning was witnessed by scientists in 1981, and since then it has fascinated many. Corals…

In the depths of the ocean, where dappled sunlight gives way to deep-blue darkness, coral reefs of a different kind…

Marine sponges may not look like much, but these animals (yes, animals) are fascinating organisms. Today we delve…

Our oceans may have changed dramatically since primitive beings inhabited ancient waters, but there is in fact a…

Never would I have thought that my favourite thing to learn about was the marine organisms you can’t even see…

This is the perfect season to learn about a group of marine organisms that frequently get overlooked whilst visiting…

Did you know its #BATWEEK 2018? You may be wondering what bats have to do with the ocean, but there are…

Tongue replacers, mind controllers, castrators and body morphs … no, this isn’t a new episode of Black Mirror…

Are you afraid of the dark? Read on to discover what living in near or total darkness means for marine life…

In the darkness of the ocean lies an underwater display of flashing colours and bright lights. But where…

A master of disguise lumbers awkwardly across the sandy bottom, the rod stemming from its head swaying…

Think of a swamp. You’re probably imagining a dark and somewhat ominous place with trees emerging…

So we've all heard of coral reefs, but if I asked you what a coral was, would you honestly be able to answer?…