News First live ruby seadragon spotted in Western Australia FOR THE FIRST time, scientists have caught a glimpse of living ruby seadragons, a species identified only two years ago in a museum collection. In early 2015, researchers from the…
News Dad gives birth to 100+ young - looks like he's sneezing …A baby White’s seahorse. “We have over 100 White’s seahorse babies and are expecting more!” said Mitchell Brennan, aquarium aquarist and seahorse expert. “We took learnings from our first year…
News New population of aquatic carnivorous plant found in the Kimberley RESEARCHERS FROM Curtin University have discovered a new population of critically endangered aquatic carnivorous plants in Western Australia’s remote Kimberly, following a 10-year search of the region. During a recent…
History & Culture The Aquarius Festival 50 years on …1973; Nimbin burst into the national consciousness as the fledgling alternative lifestyle movement arrived for the Aquarius Festival – and never left. In the USA there’d been the Summer of…
Sponsorship Dance of the dragon …the tail flicks in three dimensions and looked at how the dragons used their unusual eyes. Shaun found that the jacky dragons have 323º peripheral vision, compared with a human’s…
Wildlife Sex lives of reptiles could leave them vulnerable to climate change …reproductive function. The central bearded dragon (Pogona vitticeps) is probably the best-known example of reptile sex reversal. Its sex chromosomes are named Z and W. Male dragons have two Z…
News Aussie dragon thought to be extinct rediscovered in Victoria A small population of Victorian grassland earless dragons has been found in the wild for the first time since 1969, with the species previously assumed extinct. Once commonly found in…
Wildlife Victoria has rediscovered a dragon – how do we secure its future? …remains is on private land. The dragon’s long-term fate depends on managing the site where it was found and any areas nearby where dragons are living. We also need substantial…
News Get ready for a month of shooting stars …the constellation Aquarius, near the Eta Aquarii star. A meteor shower occurs when Earth passes through the debris of an old comet, such as Halley. “It’s rocks and ice that…
Wildlife The mystery of the NT's aquatic tarantulas captured …breathe underwater. They do this by coating themselves in a thin, mercury-like layer of bubbles. Known generally as aquatic tarantulas, these unique spiders are yet to be given a proper…
