oceans Rare ocean encounter between sperm whale and remotely operated vehicle caught on video Xeni Jardin

oceans Wealthy adventurer just became the first person to touch the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean David Pescovitz

Entertainment ‘SpongeBob Squarepants’ creator Stephen Hillenburg has died of ALS. He was 57. Xeni Jardin

Science Dolphins forced to simplify calls due to human noise pollution in the oceans David Pescovitz

Nature Are solar storms causing whales to beach themselves? Andrea James

wonderful creatures Meet a googly-eyed cuttlefish Rob Beschizza

Delightful Creatures Interesting fish Mark Frauenfelder

3d printing Airbus designed and 3D printed a motorbike inspired by a skeleton David Pescovitz

SCUBA dive toys Lost SCUBA rescue locator beacon drifts 1100 miles, now found Jason Weisberger

ocean life Jellyfish: A Natural History – A luscious book about our ocean's brainless, heartless creatures Carla Sinclair

picks To imagine the ocean of the future: picture a writhing mass of unkillable tentacles, forever Cory Doctorow

books Kim Stanley Robinson's "Aurora": space is bigger than you think Cory Doctorow

Monsters This underwater nightmare scorpion was Earth's first "big predator" Rob Beschizza

offworld Play in the beautiful, terrible natural world Leigh Alexander