Sheltered animals face a painful death. At the bottom of Lysekil harbour there are about 60 dogfish and several rays. Dogfish, Klorocka and Knagrocka are classified as highly threatened and endangered. Tobias Dahlin/Deep Sea Reporter's close-up photos show with uncomfortable clarity that several of the sharks are still breathing, but dying.
Walruses usually swim in the Arctic, but now a young walrus lies on a pier in Smögen and basks in the sun
The Baltic Sea is famous for its ability to preserve old wrecks. But along the West Coast there are many wrecks that have never been properly investigated, according to Staffan von Arbin, who researches the subject at the University of Gothenburg. "Each ship brings a new piece of the puzzle to history, so we can paint an even better picture of how society used to work," he said
Scientists claim that in the future we will use algae for most things. Fredrik Gröndahl, who is the research leader for the Seafarm project, says that in the near future we will certainly find algae in concrete, clothes and even in our bathrooms
The burning clinging jellyfish was discovered in 2018 and has found its way home in the water at Lilla Askerön, in Bohuslän. Ideally, it wants to live in the eelgrass meadows that the researchers are now restoring in the area
Join the underwater photographers among plants and animals at a dive in Kosterhavet National Park