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Ranging from goblin spiders to glow-in-the-dark sharks, spanning six continents and three oceans, these discoveries add to the family tree of life on Earth.

New species of lobster discovered off the coast of South Africa is named after Nelson MANDELA.

Researchers have identified a new species of mysterious beaked whale based on a study of seven animals stranded on remote tropical islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans over the past 50 years.

Rare albatross is unique species.

Ahoy! Thar Be a New Seadragon in the Briny Deep.

Ahoy! Thar Be a New Seadragon in the Briny Deep.

Team constructs new family tree for group of nudibranchs; discovers color mimics

A rare assemblage of sharks and rays from nearshore environments of Eocene Madagascar.

Fuzzy crab, shiny-eyed shrimp discovered on Java expedition.

Over a dozen new species of crabs, prawns and lobsters discovered; over 40 new records for Indonesia.

Sluggy McSlugface no more: sea slug named for fly-in, fly-out mining workers.

Sluggy McSlugface no more: sea slug named for fly-in, fly-out mining workers.

New study co-authored by Scripps Oceanography identifies Corazon's Damsel, a previously unknown species of damselfish found off Madagascar.

Ships have been translocating species around the world for hundreds of years but attempts to understand and manage this issue date back only three decades. Here we review the assessment and management of risks from vessel biofouling and ballast water over this time period from an Australian and New Zealand perspective. We detail a history of successes and failures at the science-policy interface that include international guidelines for biofouling management and the recent ratification of a ballast water convention. We summarize the efficacy and costs of current treatment options, and highlight the practical challenges and policy implications of managing the diffuse and succinct bio-invasion risks that shipping creates pre- and post-border. We then use the lessons learnt over the last 30 years to recommend a future empirical strategy.

We've just discovered two new shark species.

Not one, but TWO new species of the rarely seen six-gilled sawsharks have been found in the West Indian Ocean by an international team of marine scientists.

An international research team has discovered a new pygmy seahorse species in Sodwana Bay in South Africa, the first of its kind to be found in the waters around the continent.

The Carnarvon Flapjack Octopus is a small, gelatinous deep-sea octopus that grows to around 4 centimetres diameter.