Pledging to take shorter showers, using a smaller amount of water for baths, and doing the washing up in a bowl in the sink are all easy ways to reduce your personal water usage. Families have been taking pledges together.

Held annually on the 8th June, World Oceans Day, aims to change people's perspectives and habits by educating them about the importance the ocean holds for the Earth.

Almost a million animal and plant species may live in the oceans, a third of which are unknown to science, experts believe. The estimate is based o...

Global warming means increases in ocean temperatures – and this could lead to smaller fish, a new study says. Researchers from the University of ...

The search for a British woman who fell overboard from a cruise ship in the Mediterranean was called off on Saturday after a body was recovered. Th...

A search operation is under way for a British woman believed to have fallen overboard from a cruise ship in the Mediterranean. The passenger was re...

An incredible one million new species of sea life has been discovered by just one small research vessel. Called the Tara, she set sail two and a ha...

A mother has drowned after being swept out to sea with her two sons. The woman was said to have been in the water off the north coast of Cornwall y...

A 98-year-old message in a bottle has been discovered off the coast of Shetland, with a note offering a reward of six pence to its finder. Scottish...

Life in the world’s oceans faces a grave threat of mass extinction – and it’s largely the result of human activity, say researchers. An inter...

There were more than 200 new species discovered last year – but now an international committee of scientists have drawn up their list of the top 10....

Scientists have been making waves in the field of pollution detection recently – with the development of robotic fish capable of sniffing out harmfu...

Floating eerily through the hazy depths of the ocean, this creature looks like it came straight out of science fiction movie The Abyss. The sight ...

With the world's attention slowly but surely turning to the oceans and with advocates like the Prince of Wales who offer solid, pragmatic and realistic cases for change, perhaps a bright future is nearer than we think.

These graphic images of sea lions shackled in human debris is a shocking reminder of the importance of respecting marine life and disposing of rubbish...

With another year over in the so-called Biodiversity Decade, one might lose heart that our natural resources will ever be saved from squander. But I don't, I have great hope for the year ahead. The reason? Good business is the best antidote for bad international politics.

A brainless and faceless fish was one of 15 rare species discovered during a series of marine surveys this year. The prehistoric Amphioxus, describ...