Blog archive: Science
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Green Turtle demolishes BBQ area
A Green Turtle has laid her eggs in the middle of the Research Station's beach barbecue area.
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Welcome to Peoples' Place
The Cultural Collections team here at the museum looks after both ethnographical and archaeological material from cultures all over the world. Our Indigenous Australian collection holds approximately 40,000 ethnographic objects and one million archaeological artefacts representing the c
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Early coral spawning this year
Most Acropora species at Lizard Island spawned on the night of 25 November this year, the third night after the full moon. On the following night, many goniasterid and favid corals spawned, and on the night after that it was the turn of Porites corals.
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Fish Collection tour
Join Fish Collection Manager Mark McGrouther on a quick tour through some of the Fish Collection at the Australian Museum.
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Tasmania bans plastic bags
After seven years and tri-partisan support the plastic bag will be banned in Tasmania within 12 months.
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Fish in hot water
Last night we had a terrific talk in the beach house by Prof Phil Munday of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies and James Cook University: "Fish in hot water: how will climate change affect coral reef fishes?"
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More on that amazing discovery
Volunteer Science Writer, Stephanie Guzik, tells us more about the "Overdue Family Reunion".
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GBROOS comes to Lizard Island
Lizard Island is now a node for the Great Barrier Reef Ocean Observing System (GBROOS). Solar and wind-powered sensors in the lagoon relay water and weather data continuously.
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Where have all the Turtles Gone?
Sea Turtle numbers are diminishing but stealing their eggs is a sure way of speeding up the extinction of turtle species.
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Welcome to the Lizard Island Research Station blog
Life at Lizard Island Research Station is never dull. Fabulous coral reef environment, exciting discoveries, interesting visitors, amazing natural events! This post includes giant clam spawning, just to get you started.
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First terrestrial mammal recorded from Lizard Island
Tracks of a small mammal have been seen on several beaches at Lizard Island beaches since October 2009.
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Grow a backbone!
Can you imagine living without the vertebrae in your neck? Surely no animal on earth has a backbone that doesn't connect with its skull. Think again ...
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Flying foxes on powerlines
Keep an eye out for electrocuted bats on powerlines at this time of year.
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A fish that suckles its young
I just read an amazing web page about a fish that suckles its young while they are still inside the female's body.
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What's in a name?
Arggghhhh! Nothing gets my goat more than reading a novel or a report that shows a scientific name with both the genus and species names with upper case letters or neither word in italics.
