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Lizard Island Research Station 2017

Lizard Island Field Guide

Easy access to photos and information about the enormous diversity of life on the northern Great Barrier Reef for your mobile device or desktop.

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Sidespot Goatfish

Environmental data

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Lizard Island Research Station 2017

Lizard Island - Annual Activity Reports

We publish a report about activities at Lizard Island Research Station annually.

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Lizard Island library shelves

Lizard Island scientific publications

Scientific publications based on research at Lizard Island Research Station.

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Lizard Island Research Station 2017

Environmental Management Plan

LIRS operates its aquarium system, moorings, pipelines and vessels under permit from GBRMPA and according to an approved Environmental Management Plan.

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Research at Lizard Island, 2018

Lizard Island Fellowships

Fellowships are offered annually for PhD students and for early career researchers thanks to support from the Lizard Island Reef Research Foundation.

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Gidgee Skink, Egernia stokesii.

Gidgee Skink

Gidgee Skink

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Lizard Island Research Station 2017

Lizard Island Doctoral Fellowships

The offer of 2021 Doctoral Fellowships has been paused due to the covid-19 pandemic. Updated information will be posted here when the program resumes.

2021 on hold
Details of closed 2020 round
Honour roll
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Lizard Island Research Station 2017

Lizard Island Field Guide

Easy access to photos and information about the enormous diversity of life on the northern Great Barrier Reef for your mobile device or desktop.

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Lizard Island - Location

Lizard Island is situated in the northern portion of Australia's Great Barrier Reef, 270 km north of Cairns, Queensland (14°40'S 145°28'E).

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Australian Museum Collection and Research Building, old meets new

Scientists in isolation

Science never sleeps. Explore the Australian Museum Research Institute's work during this period of isolation.

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Lizard Island Research Station

About LIRS

An overview of Lizard Island Research Station.

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WA biodiversity

Sea stars and sea urchins

Did you know that Sydney alone has more than 120 species of echinoderms? Step into the underwater world and learn more about these spiny creatures.

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Marine life
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A Whitetip reef shark

Great Barrier Reef

The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest system of coral reefs, mangrove and estuarine environments, and the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park covers an area of about 348,700㎢.

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Janet Laurence at the opening of Deep Breathing (Resuscitation for the Reef)

Artist Examines Fragility Of Great Barrier Reef

Artist-in-Residence Janet Laurence has created a new work inspired by the Australian Museum’s coral collection and Lizard Island Research Station.

12 July 2016
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Benthic Amphipoda (Crustacea: Peracarida) of the Great Barrier Reef Australia

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Life at Lizard: Goby garages

Lizard Island Postdoctoral Fellowships

The offer of 2021 Postdoctoral Fellowships has been paused due to the covid-19 pandemic. Information will be posted here when the program resumes.

2021 on hold
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The Australian Museum respects and acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation as the First Peoples and Traditional Custodians of the land and waterways on which the Museum stands.

Image credit: gadigal yilimung (shield) made by Uncle Charles Chicka Madden