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Protected marine areas allow reef shark numbers to recover

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01 March 2018

While shark populations around the world are in decline, ground-breaking research has revealed why reef shark numbers are returning to a coral reef off Australia.

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Marine animals explore the ocean in similar ways

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28 February 2018

A first-of-its-kind study has mapped the global movements of a range of marine animals around the world to understand how they travel the ocean.

Marine animals explore the ocean in similar ways
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Splitting the science over coral spawning

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22 February 2018

Overlooking split spawning may have biased our knowledge of coral reproduction at some reefs and could also be hampering management efforts to protect the most vulnerable coral life history stages.

Splitting the science over coral spawning
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Saving the Great Barrier Reef through new science partnerships

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21 January 2018

Australia’s leading research organisations will unite to design ways to build resilience and repair the global icon, the Great Barrier Reef

Saving the Great Barrier Reef through new science partnerships
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Taking stock of a thorny issue: 30 years of crown-of-thorns starfish research on the Great Barrier Reef

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21 December 2017

A new book exploring the best scientific research on preventing coral-eating Crown-Of-Thorns Starfish (COTS) outbreaks, is expected to become a critical resource for informing management of these...

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Start of summer will see all eyes on the Great Barrier Reef

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28 November 2017

While it is too early to tell whether mass coral bleaching will occur on the Great Barrier Reef this summer coral-eating crown-of-thorns starfish continue to pose a high risk, according to...

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Coral makes rare charter flight

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24 November 2017

Coral bleaching survivors, which may hold the answers to restoring reefs, will make a rare flight from Queensland’s far northern Great Barrier Reef to Townsville.

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Coral spawning to begin this week on the Great Barrier Reef

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06 November 2017

A spectacular display of nature is expected to unfold over the next week when the corals of the Great Barrier Reef begin the first annual spawning.

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Understanding the feeding role of tiger sharks

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27 October 2017

AIMS and our collaborators are leading the way in understanding more about the feeding habits of sharks from their skin tissue.

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The Great Barrier Reef can repair itself, with a little help from science

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11 October 2017

The Great Barrier Reef is suffering from recent unprecedented coral bleaching events. But the answer to part of its recovery could lie in the reef itself, with a little help.

The Great Barrier Reef can repair itself, with a little help from science