Nature & Wildlife
Tracking turtle nests at Eco Beach, WA
Flatback are the only sea turtle species endemic to Australian waters, but much remains uknown about them.
Tag: oceans
News
VIDEO: Bamboo sharks play dead
Captured on film, bamboo shark embryos play dead by pausing their respiration and slowing their heartbeat.
News
Great Barrier Reef has lost half its coral
Australia’s iconic reef has lost a staggering amount of coral in the past 27 years, say experts.
News
Leopard seals filter feed like whales
Antarctic leopard seals feed at both the top and bottom of the food chain by using different teeth for different jobs.
News
Rips bigger killers than bushfires and sharks
Rip currents kill more Australians per year than natural disasters and sharks combined, says a new study.
AG Blog
Mapping Australia’s sea floor
Scientists are finding out more about the unknown frontiers of the sea floor with 3-D mapping technology.
AG Blog
Postcards from the minke whale expedition pt 4
AG creative director blogs about his time aboard the minke whale research expedition.
AG Blog
Ask an expert: Water on earth increasing?
A reader wants to know whether fossil fuel burning has increased the planet’s water stores.
Nature & Wildlife
World’s ugliest animals
The saggy-looking blobfish has won a competition designed to raise awareness for ugly endangered animals.
News
New ‘walking’ shark discovered
A new bamboo shark species that uses its fins to ‘walk’ across the sea floor has been discovered in Indonesia.