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Mar 25, 2024

Supporting shorebird recovery across the East Asian–Australasian Flyway

Sep 5, 2025

An early Marine and Coastal Hub project 1.21 analysed population trends for 15 key species. This research directly contributed to the listing of eight species as nationally threatened under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. However, it was not all bad news; the numbers for several species appeared to be stabilising, suggesting some…

Making unseen reefs visible: new maps support better decisions for northern Australia’s marine life

Sep 5, 2025

In the remote, sediment-rich waters of northern Australia, these reefs had remained largely hidden. Absent from official maps, they have mostly been invisible to decision-makers. As such, despite providing habitat for a wide range of marine life, they are overlooked in conservation and development planning. The hub project team, led by the Australian Institute of…

4.20

Mar 26, 2024

Slow increase in Australia’s eastern grey nurse shark population shows conservation actions are on track

Sep 5, 2025

Scientists collected biopsy samples from more than 300 grey nurse sharks off the coast of New South Wales. The DNA of these sharks was profiled to reveal family relationships that can help to estimate population size. Based on this work, the number of adults in the eastern grey nurse shark population is estimated to have…

4.18

Mar 11, 2024

Lights, cameras, pilchards and whales: surveying life in Hunter Marine Park

Sep 4, 2025

At depths below 50 metres, their cameras are capturing the wonderful world of fiddler rays, catsharks, Port Jackson sharks, hermit crabs, leatherjackets, lobsters, nannygai, bellowfish, serpent eels, sea whips, wobbegongs and snappers. The three-week survey began on 12 August, and is working around the weather. It is led by Dr Jacquomo Monk of the Institute…

4.17

Mar 11, 2024

4.15

Mar 25, 2024

4.14

Mar 27, 2024