Rare Dragonfly Discovery

The endangered Ancient Greenling Hemiphlebia mirabilis was found 300km from its nearest known range in part of a large coastal swamp extending for several kilometres ... [>>]

. More recently, the new range was found to extend into South Australia. Ancient Greenling is a Gondwanan relict species and one of the only protected invertebrates in Australia. It's habitat has declined massively due to wetland drainage for agriculture.

Project LIHOU

The Coral Sea is located beyond the Great Barrier Reef, to the north east of the Capricorn Channel. Although there are occasional research visits to document ... [>>]

Montara Oil Leak Survey

A recent survey of Australia's third-largest oil incident uncovered new facts about the distribution and abundance of numerous poorly known species.

The purpose was to do a rapid biodiversity assessment on seabirds, marine mammals, sea snakes and marine turtles. Read more...