Students around the world are striking to protest inaction on climate change, plastic is piling up and scientists discover a new type of whale. Probably.

Scientists learn more about how squid change colors and a new report finds “distinct risks to human health” at every stage of the plastic journey.

A whale washes up in the Amazon, scientists find plastic in deep sea amphipods and a city in Ohio votes to give Lake Erie “personhood” status.

Waves are crashing onto coastlines with more force, researchers have mapped the genome of the great white shark and vegan 'tuna' is now a thing.

Youth in the UK and Europe take to the streets to protest government inaction on climate change.

The color of the oceans is changing, bacteria are binding marine plastic together and the compelling case for a global ban on single-use plastics.

Scientists call for a ban on the use of military sonar to protect whale populations, after a study highlighted a link with mass strandings.

Two big-name plans to end plastic pollution, scientists recreate the first ‘freak’ wave and some very weird stuff is going on under the ice in Antarctica.

Two miles below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, scientists recently came across something no one has ever seen before.

Bali bans single use plastics, South Korea bans bags, Japan withdraws from whaling in the Southern Ocean and the UK’s coastlines are thriving.

Whales ‘experienced’ the naval battles of WWII, the bottom of the ocean is humming and other mind-blowing news from the deep this week.

Over a million golden jellyfish have returned to a lake in Palau, and the Seychelles has expanded a vital marine protected area.

As a new report reveals that almost 70,000 tons of microplastic are released every year by vehicle tires.

Japan’s whaling fleet sets sail, a new satellite system will hunt illegal fishing ships, humpback whale numbers are booming off Western Australia and more.

A giant iceberg breaks off from Antarctica, scientists create a ‘mother’ robot to seed baby corals and what are sperm whales up to in the Arctic?

The French Navy teams up with seabirds to fight illegal fishing, ocean warming is worse than we thought and Palau bans reef-killing sunscreen.

A crucial Antarctic meeting begins, scientists find plastic in our poop and the EU moves to ban single-use plastic.

Microplastics in table salt, dissolving sea shells, investigations into recycling fraud and new measures to protect sea life from plastic.

An urgent warning on climate change, scientists discover a ‘lost world’ in the ocean off Tasmania and why we all need to eat less meat.

A huge victory for Arctic marine ecosystems shows how large areas like Antarctica could also be protected by international treaties.