Oceans

A “secret weapon” is being developed and could be used by Royal Navy technicians to search for Russian submarines. Pictured: HMS Tyne with Russian Kilo-class submarine Krasnodar in the background.

"Secret weapon" being tested for Royal Navy to hunt Russia submarines

Sir David Attenborough ‘will not see how the story ends’ but says children will ‘see how our choices play out’

Sir David Attenborough ‘will not see how the story ends’

David Attenborough

National treasure 'is approaching the end' of his life

Sir David Attenborough reflects on what he has learned in his life in the trailer for a new documentary Ocean With David Attenborough

Where David Attenborough believes is “most important place on Earth”

Washing up liquid

Washing up liquid warning - customers urged to make a change

Earth tilts a shocking 31.5 inches: Meaning and should we be worried? In this aerial view a beach chalet is demolished by workers before it falls down the sea cliff on The Marrams at Hemsby Beach on December 11, 2023 in Hemsby, England.

Earth tilts a shocking 31.5 inches: Meaning and should we be worried?

A filmmaker and photographer from Cornwall has captured the “incredible” moment a “giant” Bluefin Tuna swims underneath paddleboarders. (Photo: Sam Breeze/Wild Seas Fishing)

'Giant' Tuna swims underneath paddleboarders at popular UK beach

8 million metric tons of plastic waste enter the oceans each year

Celebrate Plastic-Free July with these sustainable shopping swaps

Animal activists have been protesting for Bella to be rehabilitated and returned to the sea (Screengrab: Hot Pink Dolphins/Dolphin Project)

Fight for lonely beluga 'Bella' to be freed from mall

Antarctica's emperor penguins colonies make their homes on sea ice (Photo: Christopher Walton/BAS)

World Penguin Day study spells bad news for iconic Antarctic bird

Puffins nest in colonies, on rocky cliff faces (Photo: Ellen Leach/RSPB)

EU challenges UK government's puffin-protecting policy

Discarded plastic bottles and food wrappers floating Marine Lake in England's West Kirby, on Earth Day 2024 (Photo: PAUL ELLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Explainer Why Earth Day 2024's theme is more important than ever

Conservationists hope to see puffins with beaks full of sandeels this season, after the government ended commercial fishing of the species (Photo: Chrys Mellor/RSPB)

High hopes as UK's 'puffin season' kicks off

The Marine Conservation Society is urging Brits to branch out from cod, tuna, haddock, salmon and prawns, for sustainability (NationalWorld/Adobe Stock)

Brits urged to branch out from cod, prawns and salmon

Reasearchers believe the loggerhead turtle mistook the Halloween toy for a crab's claw (Photo: SWNS)

Halloween 'witch's finger' among plastic waste found in dead turtles

Monday marks the first anniversary of the UN's global oceans treaty (Photo: Tommy Trenchard / Greenpeace)

Over half of Britons want urgent action on ocean sanctuary treaty

Guillemots, razorbills, and a gannet have all been caught up in the spill so far (Photo: RSPCA/Supplied)

Seabirds caught up in UK oil spill may be 'just the beginning'
The mystery spill is drifting east along England's southern coast, and sick seabirds have been washing up in its wake
Amber Allott

Alex Dawson’s ‘Whale Bones’ won him Underwater Photographer of the Year 2024 (Photo: Alex Dawson/UPY/Supplied)

Haunting snap of whaling aftermath takes top underwater photo prize

This gannet's usually pale blue iris has started to turn black due to bird flu infection (Photo: Welsh Government/PA Wire)

Bird flu now 'one of the biggest conservation threats' facing seabirds

Some migratory species, like the humpback whale, are actually less endangered today than they were 30 years ago (Photo: CARL DE SOUZA/AFP via Getty Images)

Nearly half of all migratory animals falling in numbers, UN says

Australia had a disproportionate number of shark attack deaths in 2023 (Photo: SWNS/Supplied)

How to keep yourself safe, as fatal shark attacks 'doubled in 2023'

The ban is expected to be good news for puffins, who rely on sandeels to survive (Photo: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Sandeel fishing to be banned by April

This may be the first newborn great white shark ever seen (Photo: CarlosGauna/TheMalibuArtist/SWNS)

Baby great white shark caught on camera in first ever sighting

The beluga whale seen off the Shetland coast (Photo: Richard Shucksmith / SWNS)

Rare beluga whale filmed swimming off UK coast

Marine rescuers had been tracking Commuter since 2017, after noticing the ring on his neck (Photo: Andy Rogers / SRT / SWNS)

Watch: Seal with plastic ring stuck on its neck for six years freed

Much of the world experienced devastating heatwaves and even wildfires over 2023 (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

2023 officially the world's hottest year on record

A gannet found on Shetland thought to have died of bird flu, as it sweeps through UK seabird colonies (RSPB Scotland)

Devastating year for UK seabirds, but 2023 brought good news for whales

ZSL Conservationists have been trialling planting seagrass seeds using modified sealant guns (Photo: ZSL/Supplied)

New trial sows seagrass seeds to restore Thames' 'underwater meadows'
Seagrass meadows are vital for wildlife, but could also be an important tool in the fight against climate change
Amber Allott

The Atlantic Ocean

Missing section of the Atlantic Ocean found

A salmon farm near Trondheim, Norway (Photo: JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP via Getty Images)

Salmon CEO goes head-to-head with Björk over open-pen fish farms

Björk has taken aim at the controversial practice of open pen fish farming (NationalWorld/Getty)

Björk donates proceeds from new song to end 'horrid' salmon farming method

The Sun is the star of our solar system (Image: NASA/Solar Dynamics Observatory via Getty Images)

Where would there be life in our solar system?

One million tons of plastic additives leak into oceans each year, according to new research (Photo: Ben Birchall/PA Wire)

A million tonnes of plastic additives 'leaching' into oceans each year

A newborn grey seal pup with its mother on the beach at Horsey in Norfolk, as the pupping season begins (Photo: Joe Giddens/PA Wire)

First baby seals spotted as UK's pup season begins

Although injured, the baby dolphin was able to swim off with its mother (Jose Ramón Pérez/SWNS)

Baby dolphin rescued from 'illegal trap' by passing fishermen

Rubicon and Nesquik taking their first dip in the sea (Photo: SEA LIFE Hunstanton/Supplied)

Seal pup pair abandoned days after birth return to the wild

A police boat checks out the 20-metre tall octopus in the Thames (Photo: Kristian Buus / Greenpeace)

Giant octopus 'rises from the Thames' outside Houses of Parliament

The new study suggests starfish bodies are in face a single head (Photo by FRED TANNEAU/AFP via Getty Images)

Starfish's bodies may actually be one big head, new research suggests

Marine specialists prepare to release Iona, a loggerhead turtle, that was found washed up on a beach in Scotland last year over a thousand miles from her natural habitat, back into the Atlantic Ocean (Photo: Ben Birchall/PA Wire)

Iona the turtle goes home two years after washing up on Scottish beach

Members of the Wild Oysters Project (backed by the Zoological Society of London, Blue and British Marine) release the last of the 10,000 molluscs at Sunderland Marina, which will inhabit a newly created reef (Photo: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire)

Why conservationists have thrown 10,000 wild oysters into the North Sea

The UK was among 67 countries to sign the UN's new high seas treaty on its first day (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

UK signs new ocean treaty but net zero u-turn 'already undermining it'

Greenpeace collaborated with Rumpus Animation to produce 'Sanctuary' an animated story of three sea creatures seeking safer waters (Greenpeace/Rumpus Animation)

UK urged to use new treaty power to turn Sargasso Sea into sanctuary

A Ukrainian man is building model ships fit for show in a museum from the middle of a war zone being constantly bombed (Shipwreck Treasure Museum / SWNS)

Why was intricate model of Shackleton's ship 'Endurance' in Ukraine?

Smalltooth sand tiger sharks are not considered dangerous to humans (Photo: ZSL/David Curnick)

New sharks on the block arrive in UK waters, which can grow 15 feet long

15 stunning photos in the bid to win Ocean Photographer of the Year.

Ocean Photographer of the Year: 15 stunning photos in the running

Reconstruction of Hupehsuchus about to engulf a shoal of shrimps. Whale-like filter feeding has been discovered in prehistoric marine reptile.

'Amazing' fossil links ancient marine reptiles to modern whales

Illustration issued by Nature of a reconstruction of a Perucetus colossus in its coastal habitat. The 39 million-year-old extinct whale 'may be heaviest animal that ever lived'.

Extinct 39 million-year-old animal was 3 times heavier than blue whale

Ben Evans, 13, found the tooth while out with his dad fossil-searching

Boy finds rare prehistoric shark tooth on Essex coast

‘Worrisome’ warning that Gulf Stream could collapse as early as 2025. (Photo: NationalWorld/Kim Mogg/Adobe Stock)

‘Worrisome’ warning that Gulf Stream could collapse as early as 2025

Around 56% of the Earth's water has changed colour over 20 years (Photo by CARL DE SOUZA/AFP via Getty Images)

The world’s oceans are changing colour due to climate change

The viewing window in the 5 person Titan submersible while diving into the depths to the Titanic wreckage (Credit: OceanGate)

The depth of the ocean as Titan sub tried to reach Titanic wreck

‘Majestic’ whale spotted off UK coast for first time in 10 years. (Photo: Sea Watch Foundation)

‘Majestic’ whale spotted off UK coast for first time in 10 years

Hamish Harding, one of five that are missing on a lost submersible near the wreck of the Titanic (Credit: Action Aviation)

Who is Hamish Harding; one of five on board the missing Titanic sub?

Residents in the city of Piura, 1,000 kilometres north of Lima, wade through water on the streets on March 27, 2017, after nearly 15 hours of rain caused the Piura River to overflow, flooding neighbourhoods in most of the city. - The El Nino climate phenomenon is causing muddy flash floods and rivers to overflow along the entire Peruvian coast. (Photo by PATRICIA LACHIRA/AFP via Getty Images)

What does El Nino mean? Could bring record temperatures

‘Idyllic’ St Ives Bay could be ‘spoilt’ by project releasing chemicals into sea. (Photo: Adobe Stock)

St Ives Bay could be ‘spoilt’ by project releasing chemicals into sea

World Oceans Day is celebrated every year in June, and is an opportunity to raise awareness of the importance of the ocean.

World Oceans Day 2023: what is it, theme and why do we celebrate it?

World Environment Day 2023 is on Monday, 5 June - Credit: Adobe

What and when is World Environment Day 2023 - and this year's theme