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A WESTERN Australian first trial to return oysters to an Albany estuary is exceeding scientists' expectations, a year into the ambitious project.

A veteran WA diver has discovered a remote haven for great white sharks, including babies, that could indicate a nearby nursery off WA's south coast.

A veteran WA diver has discovered a remote haven for great white sharks, including babies, that could indicate a nearby nursery off WA's south coast.

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.

Octopuses are generally loners. Squids often form schools. But cuttlefish (or seacuttles if you will)…they outright just don't get along with one another. In the video below two Giant Australian Cuttlefish males that are bit cranky fight over a female. They are both flashing the characteristic Zebra "Don't F**K With Me" pattern. Make sure you watch after 2 minutes when they really throw down.

Octopuses are generally loners. Squids often form schools. But cuttlefish (or seacuttles if you will)…they outright just don't get along with one another. In the video below two Giant Australian Cuttlefish males that are bit cranky fight over a female. They are both flashing the characteristic Zebra "Don't F**K With Me" pattern. Make sure you watch after 2 minutes when they really throw down.

Spectacular photos of dolphin playing with an octopus in Mandurah.

SCIENTISTS working to return abalone to a once-flourishing population on the notoriously wild coastline north of Kalbarri have enjoyed their first major success-with new juvenile abalone recruits popping up in the region.

SCIENTISTS working to return abalone to a once-flourishing population on the notoriously wild coastline north of Kalbarri have enjoyed their first major success-with new juvenile abalone recruits popping up in the region.

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

The Seashell Trade for Souvenirs is Killing Protected Marine Life.

Nudibranchs: Armed and Fabulous.

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.

The Wisdom of Pearl Farming.

Pollution: Microplastics and colourants found in mussels from India's southeast coast.

In coastal India, water extraction for commercial salt pans is changing the habitat of the little stint.

Cet écosystème indispensable a disparu sur des milliers d'hectares et sur un millier de kilomètres le long du littoral, probablement en quelques semaines.

Giant octopus suffocates foolhardy dolphin that tried to eat it.

Alison SWEENEY of the University of Pennsylvania has been studying giant clams since she was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, Santa Barbara. These large mollusks, which anchor themselves to coral reefs in the tropical waters of the Indian and Pacific oceans, can grow to up to three-feet long and weigh hundreds of pounds. But their size isn't the only thing that makes them unique.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Anyone who has ever gone snorkeling in Australia or the western tropical Pacific Ocean, SWEENEY says, may have noticed that the surfaces of giant clams are iridescent, appearing to sparkle before the naked eye. The lustrous cells on the surface of the clam scatter bright sunlight, which typically runs the risk of causing fatal damage to the cell, but the clams efficiently convert the sunlight into fuel. Using what they learn from these giant clams, the researchers hope to improve the process of producing biofuel.

Each year, an increasing number of traditional fishers from southwestern Madagascar sail away from their villages, seeking ever-dwindling fish stocks far from home.

'Lobsters and octopuses are back': the Kenyan women leading a reef revival.

A small, motorised fishing boat heads out to sea from the port of Sinabang, leaving behind the remote island of Simeulue, off the coast of western Sumatra. Noticeable on the deck is a tangle of plastic tubes, linked up to a roaring, spluttering engine. The on-board fishers are going 'compressor fishing', a practice that involves divers searching the seabed for lucrative octopus, grouper and sea cucumber, all the while relying on air supplied by a single plastic lifeline, snaking precariously up to the surface. The rewards can be great - fishers are able to stay deep underwater for long periods, harvesting catches that would be inaccessible to those using other fishing techniques. However, this method is fraught with dangers, as local Simeulue fisher, Anhar, can testify.

Scientists have captured rare footage of five Bigfin Squid in the Great Australian Bight, the first time they've been seen in Australian waters.