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5d ago
Antarctica's chinstrap penguins could get the same benefit of longer periods of snoozing by taking microsleeps during nesting season, according to a new study documenting one of the most extreme examples of incremental sleep in the animal world ..read more
ABC News » Marine Biology
6d ago
A lot is riding on this group of tiny baby fish — so much so, they'll be put through 'school' to get them 'street smart' before release into the wild in Tasmania ..read more
ABC News » Marine Biology
1w ago
Dredgers at the River Murray mouth were halted for the first time in six years when floodwaters arrived in 2022. But now they're back in action in what irrigators and scientists see as an unfortunate necessity in this unique ecosystem ..read more
ABC News » Marine Biology
1w ago
More leopard seals have been recorded on SA beaches annually in the past five years compared to the previous 30 years, but no one knows why ..read more
ABC News » Marine Biology
1w ago
A carpet of "tens of thousands" of crabs found bobbing in the Indian Ocean has sparked calls for better, more detailed research ..read more
ABC News » Marine Biology
1w ago
The plight of the endangered Maugean skate could see a pause to salmon farming in Tasmania's Macquarie Harbour. But locals warn the flow-on effects to their small community could be disastrous ..read more
ABC News » Marine Biology
2w ago
While oil and gas companies argue no lasting harm is done by undersea blasting, Tasmanian fisherman Danny Fox isn't so sure — and says if it's so harmless, he'd like to see an "oil executive" in a bath take a large blast of compressed air to "see what he thinks ..read more
Anywhere between '20 or 20,000' bull sharks in Sunshine Coast waterways, as scientists attempt count
ABC News » Marine Biology
2w ago
Unlike on the Gold Coast, researchers say there is little knowledge of how many bull sharks are in the region's canals and waterways, which are often lined with multi-million dollar properties ..read more
ABC News » Marine Biology
2w ago
In low-lying Narooma on the New South Wales south coast, an award-winning initiative is creating a "self-healing" barrier against erosion and rising sea levels ..read more
ABC News » Marine Biology
3w ago
Rising temperatures are already skewing sea turtle clutches towards having more female than males, but new research suggests heavy metal pollution could be too ..read more