Scientists in Colombia’s Amazon are capturing and testing endangered pink river dolphins to monitor mercury contamination from illegal gold mining and deforestation.

Join us for an evening of fascinating talks by experts in the marine field during the 2025 National Whale and Dolphin Watch event!

The latest Northern Gannet census at Bass Rock, Lothian, has revealed that the number of occupied nests continues to decline. Results for the 2024 Bass Rock Gannet Count showed a total of 46,045 apparently occupied sites, equating to a decrease of 6.7% on the 2023 figure. The Scottish Seabird Centre has suggested that Bass Rock's famous gannet population has not yet started to recover from the impact of the avian flu outbreak in 2022.

Culture, defined as information or behaviours shared within a population and acquired from conspecifics through social learning, acts as a second inheritance system which has important implications for species' ecology and evolution. Understanding the ...

View details and apply for this Lecturer in Marine Science (ATR1697) vacancy in University of East Anglia. Faculty of Science School of Environmental Sciences Lecturer in Marine Science Ref:...

The Berwickshire and Northumberland Marine Nature Partnership is inviting applications for a new student bursary scheme. The scheme will award small grants of up to £300 for successful applications to...

Scientific Reports - Annual migrations, vertical habitat use and fidelity of Atlantic bluefin tuna tracked from waters off the United Kingdom

Hollywood stars once came for the big-game fishing, but the return of a host of species to the depleted waters around Britain’s coast is a cause for quiet optimism

The result showing that seals exhibit avoidance of the turbine during operation is important for industry developers and regulators, as lower numbers of seals close to the turbine reduces the potenti...