Fishy tales from the Aquarium

Robot fish developed by British scientists are to be released into the sea off north Spain to detect pollution. If next year’s trial of the first five robotic fish in the northern Spanish port of Gijon is successful, the team hopes they will be used in rivers, lakes and seas across the world. The carp-shaped [...]

Proving to be a big hit with the visitors are Blue Planet Aquarium’s latest arrivals – three rare nautilus – ancient relatives of octopus and squid – which were last seen in the region more than 100 million years ago. Once common in all the world’s oceans there are now only two known living species, [...]