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Have orcas started using salmon as hats again?

A trend from the 1980s might be making a comeback.

This creature, which has no brain, can clean the ocean and become fuel

The sea squirt starts its life as a small larva with a small brain, but then it finds a place to live.

These animals are drained of blood in order to save human lives

It looks a bit like a scene from a sci-fi movie.

They all hang out together, but family is most important for Norwegian orcas

In the North Pacific, orcas eating different foods live in separate groups. This is not the case off Norway’s coasts.

Mucus oozed when this deep-sea creature was kept in murky water

Researchers tested how well the jellyfish could tolerate particles in water that simulated potential seabed mining conditions.

Only 5 per cent of the ocean has been explored

“I am certain that there is life in every drop,” a researcher says.

Walrus Freya creates chaos in Oslo. Researcher responds: “I don’t like what I see”

Walrus expert Rune Aae asks people to stay away from the celebrity walrus Freya, who has recently caused a stir in Oslo.

Who rules the Arctic seas?

SHARE YOUR SCIENCE: It's not the polar bear...

Spying on seals with videocams and sensors

Researchers are equipping seals with cameras and sensors to find out exactly what they do down in the deep blue sea.

Skagerrak prawn stocks on the rebound

For years catches of shrimp have been shrinking and fishermen have had good reason to be concerned about their livelihoods. But the crunch on these crustaceans in the Skagerrak seems to be letting up.

Counting copepod crap

A mind-boggling array of tasks forms the underpinning of our understanding of the factors that affect the climate, both now and as the planet warms. Danes aboard the Norwegian research vessel G.O. Sars are adding to this knowledge by counting specks of zooplankton faeces.

All eyes on sea urchins

It doesn’t have normal eyes – it sees with its entire body. Special light-sensitive cells turn this spiny ball of a creature into an optical organ.