A funny little fellow in his glossy black dinner jacket and crisp white bib, the puffin is instantly recognisable from its brightly coloured parrot-like bill. Puffins use their colourful bill to…

This slender shark gets its name from the spines in front of its dorsal fin. It can use these spines to defend itself by curling in a bow and striking at a predator.

A small fish found on rocky shores in the south and west of Britain.

This common fungus puffs out clouds of spores when it's mature.

A large colourful sea slug found on rocky shores around the UK.

The dense, spiky tufts of Marram grass are a familiar sight on our windswept coasts. In fact, its matted roots help to stabilise sand dunes, allowing them to grow up and become colonised by other…

This large skate has tiny, prickly spines all over its back.

The thick topshell is a common sight on rocky shores in Wales and South West England.

This purply-brown seaweed is a common feature on our rocky shores and on our dinner plates.

This strange furry creature often found washed ashore after storms is actually a kind of worm!