News Blue whales "roll" 360 degrees to feed …searching for food in deep water and the DTAGs documented the whales’ sounds and movements. “The sensor within the tag allowed us to estimate the body orientation and fine-scale movement…
News Learning to live with a carnivore …saltwater crocodile. She established and runs the Darwin-based Centre for Crocodile Research, which oversees research and development to improve efficiency and productivity in the croc-farming industry. She consults to Crocosaurus…
Wildlife Top Aussie animal science stories of 2016 …in human sperm and could provide targets for infertility research in humans. 7. You can teach an old koala new tricks July 2016 Promising new research showed that it is…
News Best science and nature photos awarded …Early Career Research Dr Rowena Martin, Research School of Biology at the Australian National University Research: Mechanisms of drug resistance in the malaria parasite Leadership in Science Martin Green, Executive…
News Groundbreaking study calculates Australia's shark populations for the first time …provide usable data on relative density over time. We do have information on white shark migration and population structure from electronic tagging and previous genetic studies, but these don’t tell…
Science & Environment Bull sharks: fact from fiction …has spent more time around bull sharks than the average person. Working out of the Griffith Costal and Marine Research Centre on the Gold Coast, Johan has been monitoring the…
News How deep is the sea? These clever seals know and are happily sharing their secrets …the Sydney Institute of Marine Science (SIMS), Clive leads the Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) Animal Tagging sub-Facility. He also leads the ARC Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science…
Destinations Underground and above in Mt Isa …to take up a drill and bore into the rock. For the outback bush experience, Dick’s Tag Along Tours, operated by Dick and Sonja Peever, invite drivers to “tag along”…
News Turtle nursery: satellite tracking flatbacks on human-free, predator-free island …out to the three beaches that the turtles most commonly nest at and, when they come in to lay, they are microchipped – titanium tags are placed on their flippers…
News Underwater secrets of dolphins revealed …tag attachment, so there’s only a small window of time to actually deploy the tag as the dolphin swims past,” exlpained Dr Peter Jones, an engineer from the University of…
