Destinations A complete guide to Lakes Entrance, VIC …of the largest marlin ever caught (almost 616kg), some unusual corals, sponges and an aquarium containing sea snakes, blue-ringed octopuses and many unusual marine creatures, mostly from Bass Strait. …
Need To Know with Dr Karl Dr Karl explores the shapeshifting world of worm blobs …hornet invades, they wrap their smaller bodies around it and beat their wings at very high speed. This kills the hornet by overheating it. The semi-aquatic California blackworm is an…
Nature & Wildlife The fish with a parasite for a partner …But until then what occurs between the two (now one) is a cycle of repeated reproduction. Or, as Theodore W. Pietsch (from University of Washington’s School of Aquatic and Fishery…
Nature & Wildlife Join the hunt for shark egg cases …cases from other collections, museums and aquariums around the world. We also have our own specimens collected from fish markets, surveys at sea or extracted from the ovaries of preserved…
Nature & Wildlife Monsters or masters of the deep sea? …to strike at unsuspecting victims. It would be nothing like the shallow-water fish we eat, keep as pets, or pay to see in aquariums. It would be more the stuff…
History & Culture Meet the desert vet who befriended Red Dog, WA’s most famous canine …franchise, branded as Pets and Vets, Shark Bay’s Ocean Park Aquarium managed by his son Ed Fenny, Maitraya Luxury Private Retreat in Albany, on WA’s southern coast, and several pastoral properties….
News Just add water: Australia's wetlands are thriving. Here's why. …Council; Tootagarook Wetland’s aquatic herbland. Bottom from left: Bala (Eulimbah) Swamp, Gayini NSW. Top from left: Gayini Wetlands; Tootgarook Swamp has been restored over the last ten years by private…
Science & Environment Travel for good …Rehabilitation Centres at Fitzroy Island or at the Cairns Aquarium, where injured or sick turtles are cared for and hopefully released. Entry fees fund the necessary resources to rehabilitate the…
Nature & Wildlife Tasmania’s ‘thylacine of the sea’ is on brink of extinction, scientists warn …activities such as recreational fishing in the harbour needed to be managed, along with those that affected the environment such as salmon aquaculture and river flow management for hydro production….
Australian Geographic Adventure Paddle Pulse: Welcome to the amazing world of sea kayaking …the elements; the next, I was dumbstruck before a spectacular aquatic ballet. While that encounter stands out in my memory as one of those raw, intimate connections with nature that…
