Behavior
Crikey! “Aussie” humpback whales take a pit stop at the Gold Coast Spa to relax and unwind with a body scrub
Australian scientists have documented a new behaviour in humpback whales referred to as “rolling”.
Tag: Australia
Climate Change
It’s getting hot: are fish getting bigger?
Australian estuaries are warming up because of climate change and this might be making its fish bigger.
Conservation
Can a little bit of a good thing be worse than nothing at all?
The world’s oceans are increasingly managed as Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) where human activities are carefully regulated to support ocean…
Pollution
Cold Water Conundrum: How does unusually cold water affect fish growth?
With the threat of climate change ever present, many of us focus on the negative effects of unusually warm water…
Plastic
Life in Plastic: 14 Million Tonnes of Microplastics Likely on Sea Floor
The deep-sea floor has always fascinated scientists and ocean lovers alike with its mystery and wonder. For the first time…
Behavior
Shark Smarts: Can associative learning change shark behavior?
We all know that sharks are excellent hunters, but can the instinctual predatory mind of one of the ocean’s apex…
Conservation
Of Wildfires and Oceans
Wildfires are all over the news, from California to Australia, but do these terrestrial events have any impact on ocean…
Ecology
On the case: Scientists use many sources to find the culprit in kelp disappearance
The extensive decline of the Great Barrier Reef has received a lot of press attention in recent years, yet reefs…
Sharkbites Saturday
It’s Getting Hot In Here: How Ocean Acidification and Warming Affect Shark Hunting and Behavior
Elasmobranchs such as sharks and rays face physiological and behavioral changes due to ocean acidification and rising ocean temperatures. Read…
Behavior Biology Book Review Coastal Management Fisheries
A Whale Shaped Needle in a Ocean Sized Haystack
Sperm whales are very large, but they can still be tricky to find in the ocean! These researchers combined several…
Biology Coastal Management Ecology Invasive Species Seagrass
Seagrass Invasion! Tunicates colonizing seagrass beds impact plant and animal community
Seagrass habitats worldwide are in decline due to a number of factors. What happens when an invasive species comes on…
Book Review Climate Change Fisheries
Growth of a deep-sea predatory fish is affected by surface current strength
A deep-water predatory fish is found to have faster growth rates when productivity is enhanced by the Leeuwin Current along…
Coastal Management
How sea turtles with backpacks can help establish highways for ocean health
It is a big scary world out there if you are a migrating ocean animal. However, data-generating backpacks worn by…
Biogeochemistry Climate Change Paleoceanography
We didn’t start the fire!… that changed the southeast Australian landscape 44 thousand years ago
A sediment core suggests that the large ecosystem changes that occurred in southeastern Australia were caused by the extinction of…