Dr Helen Scales

Dr Helen Scales is a marine biologist, broadcaster and science writer. She is the author of Spirals in Time and The Brilliant Abyss.

Recent articles by Dr Helen Scales

Deep-sea mountains: Earth’s unexplored ecosystems that are teeming with life © Deep Sea Fish Ecology Lab/Astrid Leitner/Jeff Drazon/Soest/Deepccz Expedition

Deep-sea mountains: Earth’s unexplored ecosystems that are teeming with life

Beyond the abyss: What to expect when diving towards the ocean’s spectacular depths © Getty Images

Beyond the abyss: What to expect when diving towards the ocean’s spectacular depths

How do sea turtles remember what beach they were born on? © Getty Images

How do sea turtles remember what beach they were born on?

How does human noise affect ocean life? © Getty Images

How does human noise affect ocean life?

Sea slugs: 8 photos of the other-worldy creatures that live right here on Earth © Magnus Lundgren/Wild Wonders of China/naturepl.com

Sea slugs 8 photos of the other-worldly creatures that live right here on Earth

The technology solving the ocean's greatest mysteries © Getty Images

The technology solving the ocean’s greatest mysteries

Do fish ever get bored in fish tanks? © Getty Images

Do fish ever get bored in fish tanks?

How do octopuses move their limbs if they have no bones? © Getty Images

How do octopuses move their limbs if they have no bones?

Do fish feel pain? © Getty Images

Do fish feel pain?

How we can save the oceans, and how they can save us © Alamy, Getty Images

How we can save the oceans, and how they can save us

How do fish know who they are? © Dan Bright

How do fish know who they are?

Getty © What's the difference between a shoal, a school and a pod?

What’s the difference between a shoal, a school and a pod?

Gotta scan 'em all: 9 other-worldly CT scans of fish © Adam Summers

Gotta scan 'em all 9 other-worldly CT scans of fish

The Plastic Age © Alamy

The Plastic Age The Plastic Age

How safe are our Marine Protected Areas? (A marine debris team collects fishing nets that have been abandoned in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument © NOAA)

How safe are our Marine Protected Areas?