News Dugongs at risk from toxic algae …area, pushing through the grassy seabed and grazing on a smorgasbord of tender shoots and roots. Thriving seagrass meadows are vital for these hefty aquatic mammals, which can eat up…
News Sex secrets of sea slugs revealed …dangerous to humans as well as potentially harmful to seafood sources and aquaculture industries. The chemical is a neurotoxin that hinders the actions of nerves and is the same kind…
News Sea creatures set sail on rafts of kelp …believe that prevailing winds and water currents carried the bull kelp and its aquatic hitchhikers on the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. They drifted northwards from the Snares and Auckland island chains…
Adventure The new extreme: Underwater cave diving …morphed into a sport in its own right and as diving technology has advanced enthusiasts have uncovered caves that range from huge liquid aquamarine chambers, cut with shafts of sunlight,…
Fundraising Help us save the Tasmanian devil …the population. Partner organisations for these groups include the Zoo Aquarium Association, the University of Tasmania and the Devil Island Project. These programs, and others like them, are crucial in…
Travel with us 2017 Kimberley expedition …knowledge and adventurous spirit. From the moment you step aboard Coral Expeditions I, the excitement will be palpable. Engines will thrum as you depart for the aquamarine waters of the…
Adventure Top 20 adventure books and documentaries …of both live dolphins and porpoises to aquariums around the world, and the sale of dolphin meat in supermarkets. The doco team used a number of methods to record the…
Creatura Blog The dog-faced puffer is the doggo of the sea …off predators. As Singapore’s S.E.A. Aquarium puts it, the whole system is bizarre: “The inner layer is pleated like a Scotsman’s kilt. When the fish inflates, the skin extends and…
Wildlife The Australian invaders …at closely and realised was a fern from Australia, known here as hairy nardoo (Marsilea hirsuta). The species is sold in the aquarium trade and was probably put in the…
News New species of coral discovered on Great Barrier Reef …through the area. The Australian Institute of Marine Science has also flown corals back to aquariums in Townsville to enhance reef restoration techniques with these surviving corals,” said Neal Cantin,…