Science & Environment 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…
Science & Environment 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…
News 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…
History & Culture 5 Indigenous engineering feats you should know about …large wetlands by changing the drainage pattern. This volcanic activity lasted until after the last ice age. Carbon dating shows aquaculture began as early as 6,700 years ago, soon after…
Science & Environment Eric the plesiosaur’s last meal …that ate small fish and was likely preyed upon by larger apex predators,” says Joshua White from the ANU Research School of Physics and AMRI. The aquatic reptile was 2.5m…
News Australia’s least wanted – 8 alien species and diseases we must keep out of our island home …of the disease and the illegal trade of crayfish, such as the dwarf Cajun crayfish for aquariums, also threatens to introduce the disease. 6. New myrtle rust strains The plant…
