Australian marine scientists say new research documenting orcas using seaweed as a tool for grooming is further evidence of the species’ complex social structures.
Australian maritime archaeologists are helping to decontaminate rusty war shipwrecks in the Pacific, preventing billions of litres of oil and other pollutants from leaking into the ocean.
An international voyage has captured the first confirmed video of a colossal squid – a 30cm juvenile – in its natural habitat at a depth of 600m near the South Sandwich Islands.
For decades, experts believed that plankton-feeding fishes – or planktivores – share a specialised, uniform design. However, new research shows not only is this false, but they also display the widest range of body forms of any feeding group among reef fishes.
Australian-born Lynn Lawrance is restoring Raja Ampat’s reefs, injecting fresh life into communities both underwater and on land.
The Reef Sanctuary Pontoon on Lady Musgrave Island lagoon is revolutionising marine education.
Fresh water from melting Antarctic ice is diluting the ocean’s salt levels, potentially disrupting the vital Antarctic Circumpolar Current, with profound global consequences.
This “kelping” behaviour is more common than we realised.
For the first time, oceans beyond national water boundaries have been officially recognised for protection.
Melting ice will affect critical Antarctic ocean currents and threaten fish stocks around the world, new study finds.