Researcher finds pregnant sharks love Rainbow Beach
Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service officer Carley Bansemer is researching her PhD thesis on the Grey Nurse Shark. One of her main research sites is Wolf Rock, off Rainhow Beach, one of 14 known...
View ArticleSurprise visitors good news for Bay ecology
How do you get a shark to fill out a census form?
View ArticleWild life on an island, Lady Elliot style
How does a patch of coral sustain a thriving ecosystem?
View ArticleLoggerhead turtles returning to Mon Repos
The State Government says large numbers of loggerhead turtles have been returning to Mon Repos in south-east Queensland.
View ArticleEndangered turtles making a comeback
Researchers say they've seen an increase in the endangered loggerhead sea turtle population across Australia's east coast.
View ArticleCouncil defends water project start
The Gladstone Regional Council has defended its decision to start work on the Integrated Water Project at Agnes Water before the end of the turtle nesting season.
View ArticleRainfall down, temperatures up
New figures show despite heavy rainfall over the past two days, average falls for the Wide Bay Burnett region of south-east Queensland were down for January.
View ArticleTurtle eggs a victim of wild weather
Rangers fear more than 1,000 turtle eggs have been washed from the beach at the Mon Repos rookery near Bundaberg during the recent wild weather.
View ArticleUnlocking the secrets of the Great Barrier Reef
Today a group of international scientists heads out of Townsville to the Great Barrier Reef to collect ancient coral samples. They say the sediment holds clues to how the Earth has adapted since the...
View ArticleSwimmers prepare for marathon reef swim
Two men will swim from one Whitsunday island to another in north Queensland this weekend as part of final preparations for a 2,300 kilometre marathon later this year.
View ArticleReef coral bleaching detected
Scientists have recorded mild coral bleaching around Heron Island at the southern end of the Great Barrier Reef.
View ArticleNo blanket ban on fishing in Coral Sea: Garrett
Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett says there will not be a "blanket ban" on fishing in the Coral Sea off north Queensland.
View ArticleTurtle nesting season 'best in 28 years'
Rangers say this year's turtle nesting season at Mon Repos rookery, north of Bundaberg in southern Queensland, has been the most successful in nearly 30 years.
View ArticleGovernment to extend vessel tracking on Barrier Reef
The Federal Government will extend electronic tracking of vessels in the Great Barrier Reef down to Bundaberg on Queensland's central coast from July 2011.
View ArticleGreen group fears coal carrier marine park impact
A conservation group says the Great Sandy Marine Park could become a 'wreckage yard' if a stricken Chinese coal carrier is anchored there.
View ArticleStricken Shen Neng 1 arrives off Hervey Bay
Stricken Chinese coal carrier Shen Neng 1 has arrived safely in waters off Hervey Bay in south-east Queensland, but is facing protest action from concerned locals.
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