Whales react in the blink of an eye
Whales have reaction times as fast as humans, according to new research from St Andrews and a team of international researchers.
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Divers beat seals during deep dives
Elite freedivers who dive unaided in open sea have brain oxygen levels even lower than seals during their deepest dives.
St Andrews professor elected to Royal Society
Sir Ian Boyd, Professor of Biology at the University of St Andrews, has been elected a Fellow of the prestigious Royal Society.
Dolphin project seeks help from wildlife watchers
Wildlife watchers are being asked to help a University project gain knowledge about bottlenose dolphins by sending in their photographs.
Regionally extinct dolphin has been found.
A dolphin species considered regionally extinct in the Adriatic has been spotted repeatedly off the Italian and Slovenian coast.
Major funding boost to study North Sea marine life
The SMRU has been awarded over £700,000 to investigate the impact of man-made structures on marine ecosystems in the North Sea.
Dolphins off Scottish coast
Bottlenose dolphins have been seen in the Tay Estuary area and off the Fife coast by a surveying team from the University of St Andrews.
Sonar still deters sperm whales
New sonar technology is as disruptive to sperm whales as existing sonar technology.
SMRU monitors seal breeding
SMRU has developed a new method to better record breeding histories of seals, allowing for improved fecundity calculations.
First Minister opens new SOI
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon officially opens the new Scottish Oceans Institute (SOI) building, a global hub for marine research.