Mysterious bleaching
The smooth coral flower (Eusmilia fastigiata) usually varies in colour from shades of yellow-grey to brown with blue-green tinting and white tentacles, but this particular specimen found on a reef in the Caribbean…
Changing climate could affect pest fertility
A noxious fish species could benefit from increasing temperatures.
Glowing can be an effective camouflage
Small-eye pigmy sharks’ bellies shine to disguise them from predators.
Giant and colossal squids have super-powerful eyes
Giant and colossal squids have soccer-ball-sized eyes that detect large moving objects at 120 metres.
Uncovering the secrets of the deep ocean
After six years of research and preparation, James Cameron and his crew are ready to take a plunge into the Earth’s final frontier.
Benthic foraminifera
This foram survived a mass extinction event, only to disappear nine million years later.
