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Super size me! Sponges and more discoveries from Investigator’s north west trip

Following decades of heavy trawling off the north-west shelf of Australia in the 1970s and 1980s, researchers will assess how the region has recovered, providing scientific advice to guide sustainable fishing practices both in Australia and internationally.

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Final voyage days: Swarms of flying fish, bundles of boobies, finding SS Macumba, and fond farewells

Experience on board re-discovering a 74 year old sunken Macumba, observing wildlife at sea (boobies, turtles, and sharks oh my), teaching STEM on the ocean, and plenty more.

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WWII mystery put to rest: finding SS Macumba after 74 years

A WWII maritime mystery has been solved: Scientists on board our research vessel Investigator have discovered the shipwreck of SS Macumba 74 years after it was sunk.

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Voyage log two: Settling in to life at sea, the crew, and the deep towed camera

One week into RV Investigator's voyage to Broome, we learned about the lasers, cameras, and other marvellous tech on board, as well as the people who run it.

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We’re on the ocean! Catch our rolling updates as we sail from Sydney to Broome, sciencing all the way

Never been out on the ocean before? We're in the same boat. That's why Jesse from our social media team is on our ship, the RV Investigator, to find out what happens on a research vessel.

National Science Week: STEM in Schools & Floating Classrooms

We're celebrating our favourite time of year, National Science Week, with STEM in Schools and floating classrooms.

What creatures lurk in the deep abyss?

An international research team has just returned from a voyage of deep sea discovery in Australia's eastern abyss. Check out the mysterious creatures they found in the deepest, darkest chasms of the ocean.

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The faces that find faceless fishes

Led by Museums Victoria, Sampling the Abyss is a world-first survey to sample life in Australia’s eastern abyss using our research vessel, Investigator. Here's a photo album of just a few of the benthic denizens of the abyss.

Sampling the Abyss – a voyage into a world of jelly and fangs!

Investigator is on a world-first voyage to uncover life in the abyss, a deep, dark and largely unexplored world of jelly and fangs!

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Squid attack clip: Mystery (still un)solved!

Did you catch our marvellous clip of a surprise squid attack? Here it is, and here's the story behind the footage.

Message in a niskin-bottle

There's no agreed international approach for how to measure and report on changing nutrients, so we brought together as many international scientists as possible, put them on our research vessel Investigator and as our friend Rihanna would say, we sent them out to sea to work, work, work, work, work, work!.

Investigator’s scientific safaris on the high seas

Helping to unlock the mysteries of the deep, Investigator offers researchers the opportunity to observe the weird, wonderful and often unseen life of our oceans.

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