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Magic in the mushroom coral: our great undersea discovery

On a recent trip to Ningaloo Reef our researchers stumbled across a field of corals the like of which have never been seen in such abundance before.

Eddy currents: enter the whirlpool

What do the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race and the Australian freshwater eel have in common?

El Niño and La Niña – por que no los dos?! (Actually, that would be very bad)

We need to talk about the two children responsible for some of our climate catastrophes: El Niño and La Niña.

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Quiz ahoy! How deeply do you know our oceans?

There's so much more to our oceans than the very edges we see when we rush to the shores in the summer months.

Dissecting a dolphin packs an olfactory punch and critical learnings for UTAS students

Most students remember dissecting a frog in science class at school, but not everyone has witnessed a dolphin being carefully taken apart and examined. WARNING: this story contains images of a dolphin being dissected.

Braithwaite, there’s MORE: celebrating our lifetime achievers

Daryl Braithwaite might be riding his horse into the ARIA Hall of Fame, but we're busy singing the praises of two of our own lifetime achieving scientists.

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.

How to work out which coral reefs will bleach, and which might be spared

Regional variations in sea temperature can make all the difference between a coral reef suffering major bleaching or surviving as a refuge for corals, new research shows.

After 30 years of the Montreal Protocol, the ozone layer is gradually healing

The treaty to limit the destruction of the ozone layer is hailed as the most successful environmental agreement of all time. Three decades on, the ozone layer is slowly but surely returning to health.

Party animals: wildlife that get drunk or high

Are we humans alone in our love of mind-altering substances? Of course not! There are plenty of party animals in the animal kingdom.

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.

Critical critters of the ocean: Our precious plankton

They provide us with oxygen, they go with the flow and chances are you've probably swallowed some of them at the beach. This is our tribute to the humble plankton.

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