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.
Tag: oceans
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.
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.
News
Giant squid all one species, study says
Scientists shocked to find the world’s giant squid all belong to one species – not 21 species as had been thought.
News
Seafloor landslides point to ancient tsunamis
The seafloor off Australia’s east coast hints at underwater landslides some 15 million years ago, researchers say.
Destinations
Six of the best coral reefs
Some of Australia’s most amazing scenery is found beneath the waves.
News
Vast numbers of ocean species are unknown
Somewhere between one- and two-thirds of all species in the world’s oceans are still unknown to science, says study.