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Keeping it plutonic with underwater hot rocks

What do Roman mythology and RV Investigator's voyage have in common? Hold onto your hard hats cause we're going to rock your world with marine geology.

Saltwater science and sea country research

34 researchers and 20 crew on board RV Investigator set off from Turrbal Country, near Brisbane. They steamed through Quandamooka Country, past Kabi Kabi Country and out into the Coral Sea.

Northern Australian marine park’s sea floor caught on camera for first time

The new data from RV Investigator will be shared with the Traditional Owners and Indigenous ranger groups who work in the marine park.

Blue water high: Tales from a Torres Strait teacher

Chris La Rosa is the first educator from the Torres Strait we've had on our research vessel Investigator. Dive into his adventures on the high seas.

Home and array: Investigator shedding light on the EAC

RV Investigator has returned from the East Australian Current to uncover the latest data from one of our fickle ocean features.

Our peeps (em)powering science at sea

This World Maritime Day, we look at women who (em)power the science on our research vessel Investigator.

Finders keepers! What our Investigator found on its Coral Sea journey

RV Investigator has returned to port after a voyage of discovery in the Coral Sea. Researchers uncovered rocks, coral, volcanoes and a potential shipwreck.

Our Investigator voyages through Coral Sea to map seafloor and unlock seabird secrets

Researchers on board our RV Investigator are surveying seabirds in the Coral Sea to see which parts of the ocean are used by different species.

Every week is science week on RV Investigator!

In the wake of National Science Week, we check in with our research vessel Investigator on a voyage in the Coral Sea.

The (ocean) floor is lava: RV Investigator’s Coral Sea voyage

Most of the ocean floor and what goes on down there is pretty much a mystery. This is where the RV Investigator's new research voyage in the Coral Sea could help.

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SS Federal’s watery grave studied in bid to solve century-old mystery

The resting place of SS Federal, which sank with no survivors in 1901, has been a mystery for years — now authorities have confirmed its location, following some help from recreational divers.

Dungeons and Dragons and fish: an abyssmal adventure

It’s World Oceans Day and we’re going to drag you down into the abyss, where we can determine if truth really is stranger than fiction.

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