Wildlife Urban birdwatching guide to Hobart …firetails, robins and parrots”. For aquatic-dwelling birds, you can’t go past Orielton Lagoon, which is an internationally significant Ramsar wetland just 20 minutes from the centre of Hobart. “The lagoon…
News Seven Earth-sized planets found orbiting nearby star …TRAPPIST-1, located 40 light years away in the Aquarius constellation. This extraordinary planetary system contains the largest number of Earth-sized planets found yet – and many of these could support…
Destinations Lord Howe Island escape …off Neds Beach is also spectacular; so calm it’s like swimming in an aquarium. With excellent visibility once again, it was easy to spot more black clown fish, as well…
Science & Environment The ocean's giant clams …by aquarists, giant clam numbers are in decline. So how does it achieve its elephantine proportions? It seems that this ability to be virtually self-sufficient in feeding habits is part…
News A new spider species has been named after Mick Fanning …1000 new spider species, says the spider is most noticeable for its distinct colour pattern and semi-aquatic habitat. Brazilian Arachnologist, Hector Manuel Osorio Gonzalez, who also happens to be a…
Science & Environment Are echidnas really platypuses? …are aquatic. Why do echidnas have this electric sense when they get all their food on land? They may be able to detect electric currents produced by ants and termites…
News Protecting the world’s mangroves is critical to intercepting climate change …year, which could bolster the effects of climate change. Deforestation and land development, such as the creation of soils for aquaculture ponds disturbs the carbon sequestration capacity of these intertidal…
News Why do deep-sea corals glow? …and the University of Southampton (UOS), determined to understand how deep-sea corals glow, simulated a deep-sea light environment in a coral aquarium. By analysing the different colours of fluroescent glow…
News A 2.5 metre shark was caught in Sydney Harbour waterways …the Centre for Sustainable Tropical Fisheries and Aquaculture at James Cook University told Australian Geographic that the event is highly unusual, further explaining that makos are normally found well offshore,…
News Sharks important to reef conservation, study finds …so we believe that shark populations are healthier than they have been for many years,” Colin Simpfendorfer, director of the Center for Sustainable Tropical Fisheries and Aquaculture at James Cook…