For me one of the most wondrous parts of any dive is the moment that the water engulfs my mask as my head slips below the surface. I think it’s the suspense of the unknown of what lies beneath, the transitional part of moving from one element to the next that feels so magical and the thought of

Tens of thousands of giant jellyfish are swarming off one of Britain's most popular stretch of coastline this Bank Holiday. Record numbers of the 5ft long monsters - which weigh five stone each - were spotted off the Dorset coast. The unprecedented invasion of barrel jellyfish may due to over

Scientists have unveiled the most comprehensive analysis ever undertaken of the world's ocean plankton, the tiny organisms that serve as food for marine creatures such as the blue whale - and provide half the oxygen we breathe. The researchers spent 3-1/2 years aboard the schooner Tara, taking

Scientists from around the world have started to develop ways of bringing previously extinct animals back to life. They use methods such as cloning and selective breeding. Cloning is done by taking saved specimens of DNA from the extinct animals and using the most similar species as a surrogate

Given the myriad of colors we see in the animal kingdom, seeing a purely white animal can be an unsettling but magical experience. Albino animals, as well as rare all-white species and leucistic creatures, are the same as any other animals, but with a coloration that makes them (sometimes