Increasing ocean acidification could lead to the extinction of an entire class of marine organisms by 2100 say a team of scientists from the Australian Institute of Marine Science.

Isolated coral reefs can recover from catastrophic damage as effectively as those with nearby undisturbed neighbours, a long-term study by marine biologists from the Australian Institute of Marine...

Research by an international, multidisciplinary team of scientists suggests that predicted climate change in the tropical Pacific region will create winners and losers in both fisheries and...

Research conducted at the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) has delivered promising results in combating Vibrio owensii - a bacterium that is responsible for mass mortalities of...

The Great Barrier Reef has lost half its coral cover in the last 27 years. The loss was due to storm damage (48%), crown of thorns starfish (42%), and bleaching (10%) according to a new study...

Dr Stephen Rogers has been appointed as the new AIMS Science and Business Leader in Western Australia and takes up the position in Perth this week.

Whale shark ecotourism is a rapidly growing industry throughout the world. Although conservationists argue that this type of business is “win-win” -

A unique voyage of discovery into open waters off northern Australia starts today, when an Australian Government research vessel with 11 marine scientists aboard leaves Broome.

Water quality on the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) is critically important for a healthy ecosystem. When water quality deteriorates on the GBR we see deterioration of important habitats including coral...

Coral bleaching is a serious threat to coral reefs across the globe. Scientists from the Australian Institute of Marine Science have used coral cores to track and better understand the responses of...

Scientists from around the world will gather next week with reef managers to consider whether crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS) are a risk to the long-term sustainability of the Great Barrier Reef.

Dr Peter Doherty, past Research Director of the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) and Science Leader of the Tropical Ecosystems Hub of the National Environmental Research Program...

The speed of coral death increases alarmingly if colonies are flooded with polluted rather than “clean“ sediments, an international team of researchers writing in a prestigious scientific journal...

Jobs, livelihoods and ecotourism industries can benefit from having a diverse supply of weed-eating fish on the world’s coral reefs, marine researchers say.

SUVA, Fiji (April 19, 2012)—A new analysis by the Australian Institute of Marine Science and the University of Western Australia concluded that in 2010, shark-related diving contributed...

Natural carbon dioxide (CO2) seeps in Papua New Guinea have given scientists rare insights into what tropical coral reefs could look like if human-induced atmospheric CO2 concentrations continue to...

The tropical waters of northern Australia, including Darwin Harbour, will attract even greater research interest as the Northern Territory economy expands, according to the CEO of one of...

A single reef shark can contribute almost US$2 million in its lifetime to the economy of Palau, according to a new study by the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) and the University of...

A research trip to the Coral Sea has just returned to the AIMS, bringing with it new information on weird and wonderful sea creatures. The Research Vessel Cape Ferguson visited the northernmost...

MEDIA ALERT - The Australian Institute of Marine Science is preparing to be dazzled by twenty young marine scientists who are each presenting their research at the institute on Tuesday 26th June.