Blog archive:
September 2011

The lagoon at Lizard Island is pretty shallow so over spring's low tides, much of the reef is exposed. At high tide, however, the lagoon provides plenty of scope for easy-access diving.

We are here at Lizard Island Research Station, the trade winds are blowing, but this has by no means inhibited our work program.

The Australian Museum, in collaboration with Questacon, is currently developing an exhibition on the mysterious 'Deep Oceans'.

DAW? Dangerous Animals Week, of course! We're featuring a different Australian creature each day.

Mountains, monsoons and mosquitoes: highlights from amphibian biologist Dr Jodi Rowley's diary of her recent field trip to Central Vietnam.

DAW? Dangerous Animals Week, of course! To celebrate our new Dangeroz app (available in the App Store now) we’re featuring a different Aussie creature each day...

Mountains, monsoons and mosquitoes: highlights from amphibian biologist Dr Jodi Rowley's diary of her recent field trip to Central Vietnam.

DAW? Dangerous Animals Week, of course! DAW? Dangerous Animals Week, of course!

Jurassic Lounge has wrapped up with over 1,900 attending our last night and well over 8,00 for Season 2.

Dr Nichola Raihani is a scientist at the Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London and she is last year's John and Laurine Proud Fellow. She has recently completed her third annual field season at Lizard Island. During her six-week visit, she and several others formed an impromptu bandn

Mountains, monsoons and mosquitoes: highlights from amphibian biologist Dr Jodi Rowley's diary of her recent field trip to Central Vietnam.

Read selected extracts from the notebooks of the most famous natural history illustrators working in Sydney in the nineteenth century.

DAW? Dangerous Animals Week, of course! We're featuring a different Aussie creature each day...

Mountains, monsoons and mosquitoes: highlights from amphibian biologist Dr Jodi Rowley's diary of her recent field trip to Central Vietnam. 

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