Browsing Tag
marine conservation
7 posts
Do shark culls keep people safe in the ocean? Here’s what the science says
Charlie Huveneers, Flinders University A young mother remains in hospital after being bitten by a shark at Coogee…
Squeak up! I can’t hear you: pilot whales are shouting to hear themselves over ship noise
A pod of long-finned pilot whales near a cargo ship. CIRCE Vanessa Pirotta, Macquarie University In the Strait…
Warming seas can threaten the hidden relationship that supports seagrass meadows
Renske Jongen, University of Sydney; Ezequiel M. Marzinelli, University of Sydney, and Paul Gribben, UNSW Sydney On the…
We watched these coral colonies succumb to black band disease. 6 months later, 75% were dead
Shawna Foo, University of Sydney and Maria Byrne, University of Sydney During the last global coral bleaching event…
Why coral reefs damaged by blast fishing struggle to recover — even after decades
Satrio Hani Samudra, UCL and Tries Blandine Razak, IPB University When we think about rapid decline in coral…
Reality check: coral restoration won’t save the world’s reefs
A coral ‘rope’ nursery in the Maldives. Luca Saponari/University of Milan, CC BY-ND Corey J. A. Bradshaw, Flinders…
Study Finds Large Fish Shoals May Attract More Predators
At a Glance Fish that gather in large groups may seem safer from predators, but new research shows…