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Marine life

August 2026

  • A greater crested tern in flight

    First Australian mass mortality event suspected as deadly bird flu virus rapidly escalates among native birds

  • Limpets on East Cliff beach.

    Country diary
    Country diary: Pity the poor limpets – must the summer holidays mean they get smashed by a child?

July 2026

  • Researcher Brett McBride leans from a boat to tag a large shark swimming alongside in blue water

    Huge great white spotted traveling off US and Canada as shark sightings surge

  • The author and their book cover

    Australian book reviews
    Rite of Spring by Kris Kneen review – a woman’s sexual awakening lurks in the ocean’s depths

  • Greater crested terns

    Bird flu has reached Victoria and more wildlife deaths loom. How bad could it get?

  • Cargo vessels and crude oil tankers anchored in the Gulf of Oman, awaiting the reopening of the strait of Hormuz.

    The age of extinction
    Ships stuck in strait of Hormuz pose ‘super-spreader’ biodiversity threat, scientists warn

  • Young country diary
    Young country diary: A jellyfish party around our surfboards

  • Mangrove photography awards 2026 – in pictures

    Gallery18

  • Orcas seen ramming prey so hard it explodes may be playing game

  • Great Barrier Reef microbiome mapped as researchers discover 500 bacterial species previously unknown to science

  • Seascape: the state of our oceans
    Sperm whales change ‘vowel’ sounds when boats are nearby, scientists discover

  • Six beluga whales finally leave embattled Canadian marine park

  • Country diary
    Country diary: With a flick of its tail, the fragile baby lobster vanishes into a rock pool

  • ‘A great thrill’: baby puffin is first one seen on Dorset coast in three decades

  • A pee in the sea is a drop in the ocean

  • California braces for its sharkiest summer in a decade – but experts say don’t panic

  • Seascape: the state of our oceans
    Shipwrecks of Shackleton and Scott recreated in 3D digital form after deep sea expedition

  • California faces highest shark numbers in years as great whites head north

  • Australian climate and environmental reporting
    Dolphin deaths in South Australia spike after algal bloom decimates food sources

  • In my years of spearfishing, I’ve never encountered more sharks than now. But I know where I stand in the underwater pecking order

    Clarke Gayford
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