Melissa Hobson

The Bay of Biscay is known for being incredibly dangerous. Although its waters can be flat and calm, violent storms can rage.

Despite being the world's second largest fish, basking sharks are highly elusive, so scientists need to be creative when trying to learn more about them.

A cormorant surprised ocean researchers when it photobombed their underwater survey.

Remarkable footage shows orcas playing with their food – and scientists have a few theories that might explain why they do it.

A female humpback whale may have spent days with her stillborn calf. This rare sighting may suggest that baleen whales experience grief.

Bubbles the dolphin is a familiar face at Lady Elliot Island in Australia, but a new scientific paper is making him famous for something very unusual: eating fish vomit.

These deep-ocean fish usually spend their time around 1,000 metres below the surface, but sometimes they rise to the shallows where humans might be lucky enough to spot them.

Ocean lovers can watch the world unfold below the waves from wherever they are via the Scripps Pier underwater camera.

Moonwalking is a rare behaviour among transient killer whales and may be a way of dividing up food to share.

From cone snails to crocs, be wary of these deadly marine animals – all found in the Pacific Ocean

The dorsal fin is one of the most recognisable features in the animal kingdom, but it's far more than a dramatic silhouette. Here's why so many creatures have evolved one

If you somehow find yourself in the Antarctic Ocean, these are the animals you don't want to cross.

Is this the largest super pod ever seen?

Critically endangered sand tiger sharks use the waters around Alcatrazes Archipelago year-round to breed, gestate and raise young, according to a new study.

From the extremely venomous fish to huge predatory sharks, these are some of the most dangerous animals in the Atlantic Ocean

In a new study, scientists wanted to find out why sperm whales sometimes release bubbles while they snooze – this is what they found.

Scientists think the killer whales might be doing it for fun.

These real-life ocean animals were so terrifying to seafarers that they became embedded in history as legendary sea monsters

The rare orca sighting had the whole boat “buzzing with excitement”.

Tourists were stunned when a pair of orcas tried to hunt a gentoo penguin alongside their ship. Here’s what happened next.