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Sharks filmed ‘smashing’ sea urchins
What started as a study to better understand how lobsters prey on sea urchins instead discovered sharks also predate on the pest.
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Science & Environment
GALLERY: The kelp forests of the Great Southern Reef
The massive network of rocky reefs that lines much of southern Australia’s coastline is a shadowy cold-water underworld dominated by brown seaweeds known as kelp. The Great Southern Reef might not be as visually flamboyant as Australia’s world-famous Great Barrier Reef, with its colourful hard corals and sunlit shallow waters, but its communities of creatures are unlike anything else worldwide.
Science & Environment
Underwater health check shows kelp forests are declining around the world
Cool-water kelp forests are being eaten by tropical species moving south on warming waters.
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Is it time for the Great Southern Reef?
Scientists call for a name for Australia’s southern temperate reef system.