As Australian shipping grows, how can we avoid collisions with marine animals?
We're determining where large marine animals are most in danger of colliding with vessels, to support a national strategy for reducing the risk.
Largetooth Sawfish prove elusive on the Daly River floodplain
A Marine Biodiversity Hub team sets out on a collaborative ‘search and rescue mission’ for threatened Largetooth Sawfish, building capacity for sawfish conservation along the way.
RV Bluefin gives young scientists a first taste of research at sea
Lainey James and Margot Delaporte have completed their first trip aboard the Australian Maritime College Research Vessel Bluefin. The Hub research team revisited reef systems in the Freycinet Commonwealth Marine Reserve.
'Extreme' citizen scientists film black corals at spectacular unexplored reef off Tasmania’s east coast
Deep ocean divers acting as citizen scientists have taken the first close-up look at stunning marine life on a deep granite reef in the Freycinet Commonwealth Marine Reserve off Bicheno, eastern Tasmania.
Giant stingray comes out of hiding
A new species of giant stingray has been named after being encountered by scientists in northern Australian rivers, coastal Papua New Guinea and the Arafura Sea.
Oceans of the Unknown art-science exhibition - Hobart, August 2016
Marine Biodiversity Hub researcher Vanessa Lucieer and UTAS artists Jan Hogan and Annalise Rees explore the use of lines and imagery to communicate ideas about the unseen.
New Oceanic Shoals crab species emerge from a web of taxonomic collaboration
Two hundred and sixty-six invertebrate species collected in 2012 as part of a Marine Biodiversity Hub survey at Oceanic Shoals Commonwealth Marine Reserve are taking a varied and cosmopolitan route to recognition.
Barry Bruce recognised for outstanding contribution to marine research
Marine Biodiversity Hub researcher Barry Bruce of CSIRO has been awarded the 2016 Australian Marine Sciences Association (AMSA) Jubilee Award for outstanding contribution to marine research.
Cross-Tasman panel to strengthen Indigenous voice in future marine science partnerships
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Indigenous panellists from Australia and New Zealand will meet in Wellington, New Zealand, on Monday 4 July to consider ways for the marine science and Indigenous communities to engage more effectively in research partnerships.
Restoring Australia's lost shellfish reefs
Australia once had extensive shellfish reefs across its coastlines, but they are now largely destroyed and NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub researchers from James Cook University (JCU) and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) have identified what needs to be done to repair and conserve them.