How social animals can spread diseases
Whales, dolphins and other marine mammals are highly social, but those social ties can also help diseases spread through populations of rare or threatened species. New […]
Climate change sends great whales south
New research sheds light on how climate change will impact the distribution of great whales in New Zealand waters. An international collaborative study between Massey University, […]
Sea secrets surface in the Bight
Oceanographers have discovered more about why the eastern Great Australian Bight supports a year-round abundance of marine predators, including different whale species and white sharks which […]
Ancient, largest plant found in WA
Australian researchers have located what is believed to be the largest plant on Earth – and they estimate it’s at least 4,500 years old. The ancient […]
Microplastics in the food chain
Plastic rubbish is everywhere and now broken-down microplastics have been found in variable concentrations in blue mussels and water within the intertidal zone at some of […]
How to ID a sea sponge
With more than 8,700 known species worldwide, sea sponges (phylum Porifera) are difficult to identify but Flinders University researchers have developed a new identification protocol.