Wildlife Battle of the water dragons Photographer Cameron Hines was at the right place at the right time to capture these two water dragons battling it out at Warriewood Wetlands on Sydney’s Northern Beaches….
Wildlife Gallery: Australian dragons They’re resilient, they’re intriguing and Australia’s dragons are every bit as adventurous as their flame-throwing namesakes….
Wildlife The twists and turns in snake evolution …enlarged in fossorial snakes and this new study shows that semi-aquatic snakes also have this enlarged structure. “But how large is large? Can we distinguish these semi-aquatic forms from fossorial…
News Endangered Sydney seahorses released back into harbour …harbour home, which has seen seagrass, sponge and soft coral all but disappear. An adult Sydney seahorse. (Image credit: SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium) In October 2019, Sydney Aquarium worked closely…
News Aw shucks: tropical oysters a real pearler for shellfish aficionados …size in less than one year, rather than two or more. Oysters sidestep many of the concerns that plague other types of aquaculture: the animals don’t need feeding; can be…
News Is it time to unleash carp herpes? …see declines in aquatic plant health, water quality, native fish numbers and other aquatic values. At present, we expect carp to far exceed this impact threshold. For river managers, the…
News Meet the dragons of the Galapagos Many of the stark, black basaltic lava shorelines of the Galápagos Islands bristle with hundreds, if not thousands, of equally dark, metre-long lizards. They’re marine iguanas and, with their bodies…
Wildlife The blue dragon is a master of disguise …descriptions are misleading. https://www.instagram.com/p/B6pqI8wBEkd/ Are blue dragons rare? Unlike other species of nudibranch that live on the sea floor, blue dragons will swallow a little air bubble, which allows them…
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…
Destinations Komodo tourism: a fine balance …Rangers with the Forestry and Wildlife Department work to protect the conservation area by monitoring the Komodo dragons through a partnership with the San Diego Zoo in the United States….
