Scientists are one step closer to understanding how plankton communities are changing in coastal waters and shelf seas around the UK.

Glue-like substances secreted by bacteria are sticking tiny particles of plastic together in the ocean to form larger masses.

Early Christmas present for the National Oceanography Centre as missing deep-ocean lander is found after five years lost at sea.

While plastics have many benefits, plastic waste is a serious form of pollution, particularly in our oceans. Here we take a look at the history of plastics and where we are now.

It is a rare TV programme that has the instant impact of David Attenborough's Blue Planet II.

Shetland has been hit by at least two more tsunamis in the past 10,000 years than previously thought, and scientists are working to identify where the giant waves originated.

Sydney rock oysters, found only in the waters of Australia and New Zealand, are getting smaller due to coastal acidification, a new report has found.

Underwater robots have uncovered new evidence about life in the Arctic and, for the first time, revealed the moment the region's marine ecosystem springs into life after the dark winter season.