A woman who has narrowly avoided death after being stung by a 16cm stingray barb says she feels like she has “won the lottery” as she “could have been a Steve Irwin”.

A volunteer marine researcher looking into marine deaths along South Australia's coastline was rushed to hospital after her ...

Oysters are so much more than a seafood delicacy. They're ecosystem engineers, capable of building remarkably complex reefs.

The group managed to return the distressed animal from a sand bank into deeper water after an almost hour-long rescue effort.

Australia's population of southern right whales has experienced substantial growth since the late 1970s when they began to ...

A team of scientists tracked more than 400 corals that experienced intense ocean heat last year. More than half the corals died.

On a tree-lined beach in Australia's rugged island state of Tasmania, locals discovered popcorn-sized bits of dead salmon ...

Armed with lab equipment and two months of food and clothes, around 60 researchers boarded the RSV Nuyina icebreaker ship for its first scientific voyage in March. They are taking part in the Denman ...

Here is a list of eight of the world's rarest animals. This critically endangered porpoise, found only in the Gulf of California, has fewer than 30 individuals remaining, making it the rarest marine ...

While scientists have used satellite tagging on marine animals for decades, the STRETCH project is the first time that scientists have deployed satellite tagging to test a prior hypothesis.