Is it a sinker or a floater? And where does it go? 

They’re the questions AIMS scientists investigated when they recently studied the dispersal of Sargassum seaweed along the Ningaloo Coast in Western Australia.

Whale sharks are drawn to natural underwater features such as seamounts and canyons as well as artificial features like offshore oil and gas platforms, with both acting as migratory “stepping stones”, a

Life on the Great Barrier Reef is undergoing big changes in the face of climate change and other human-caused pressures, a new study reveals.  

Research on Scott Reef off Northwest Australia has shown that local coral connections help boost the resilience of remote atoll reef systems following bleaching and storms. 

For the first time researchers have witnessed behaviour in the wild which could reveal critical clues about how the endangered whale shark reproduces. 

Researchers from the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) are partnering with Traditional Owners and Indigenous Rangers in a new project which aims to expand the delivery of coral larval restoration interventions to the Great Barrier Reef. 

As the ocean warms under climate change, a better understanding of how damaging marine heatwaves develop and last may help scientists predict them more accurately and forecast their impacts on marine ecosystems.

New data from the Australian Institute of Marine Science’s (AIMS) in-water surveys show coral cover has declined on 12 of 19 reefs surveyed between Lizard Island and Cardwell following a summer of disturb