#Oceans

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.

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.

A white shark is pictured with an acoustic tag in its dorsal fin.

Baby sharks: tracking along our east coast

Satellite and acoustic technologies have revealed the complex movement patterns of juvenile white sharks on Australia’s east coast.

fishing boat on the ocean

What’s the catch? Fishing boats double to 3.7 million

As demand for fish continues to grow, new research has revealed that the global fishing fleet has doubled to 3.7 million.

Surfer inside barrel of a wave

Curious Kids: Why are there waves?

When you look at the waves breaking at the beach, those waves might be at the end of a long journey. They could have been created far away, or just nearby.

Dr Nina Pollak holding up printed prototypes of the synthetic jellyfish.

How synthetic jellyfish could be used to clean up toxic marine spills

An exciting new synthetic biology research project is looking at ways to deploy ‘pseudo jellyfish’ to clean up harmful spills in oceans and waterways.

El Niño has rapidly become stronger and stranger, according to coral records

The pattern of El Niño has changed dramatically in recent years, according to the first seasonal record distinguishing different types of El Niño events over the last 400 years.

Zooplankton/Copepods are one of the multiple animal groups that make part of the Zooplankton. They are one of the most abundant organisms in the planet and they help to build different levels of the trophic web in aquatic ecosystems.

Packing a punch with tiny plankton

When you think of plankton, do you think of the diabolical little creature with a penchant for trying to steal the Krabby Patty recipe? Or do you think of the tiny drifting plants and animals which are vital components of our aquatic systems? Take our quiz to test your knowledge.

What happens now we’ve found the site of the lost Australian freighter SS Iron Crown, sunk in WWII

Finding shipwrecks isn’t easy – it’s a combination of survivor reports, excellent archival research, a highly skilled team, top equipment and some good old-fashioned luck. But that’s just what happened with the recent discovery of SS Iron Crown, lost off the coast of Victoria in Bass Strait during the second world war.

Fill up on fish & ships with RV Investigator

In 1876, SS Queensland sank off Wilsons Promontory in Victoria, after colliding with the steamer Barrabool. In 2019, RV Investigator is using the wreck of SS Queensland to give us higher quality maps for safe navigation ahead of a program of historic shipwreck surveys in the area.

Eyes on the deep sea: the coral that thrives in the dark

We are surveying deep-sea coral reefs growing on underwater mountains to deepen our understanding of these extraordinary marine communities.

Loose genes and haunted ecosystems: meet eDNA, environmental saviour

'Environmental DNA' tells the story of an ecosystem, the genetic signatures of plants, animals, fungi, microbes in a milieu that can be ‘snooped on’ by researchers to detect exotic species and contaminated waterways, and inform palaeoecology and marine conservation.