Jun 2, 2020 | Events, Observation
Around this time of year, LIRS co-directors usually attend our Foundation’s Sydney and Melbourne dinners, updating our supporters on research undertaken at the Station. With LIRS closed to researchers since mid-March, Dr Anne Hoggett and Dr Lyle Vail join us by video,...
Sep 18, 2018 | Education, Events, Posts
We recently received a donation of $216.35 from five friends in Northbridge Public School Class 2B: Alice Berkelouw, Tia McIntosh, Beatrice O’Brian, Abbie Harris and Heidi Heap, aged 7 & 8. Tia’s mother told us how it came about. At school the girls had been...
Jan 31, 2018 | Events, Facilities
2018 is our 40th year of supporting science at the Australian Museum’s Lizard Island Research Station and elsewhere on the Great Barrier Reef. Our achievements belong to everyone involved: the talented and dedicated research scientists; the institutions who...
Jan 30, 2018 | Events, Global change, Observation
Bleaching events killed many reef-building corals in the late summers of 2016 and 2017 . Given enough time (i.e. a decade or two without further bleaching), these corals will re-establish. Millions of tiny new corals have already appeared during the cooler months,...
Sep 11, 2017 | Events, People
The Australian Museum Eureka Prizes reward excellence in the fields of research & innovation, leadership, science engagement and school science. The winners are announced at an annual black tie dinner. This year it was held in August at the Sydney Town Hall. The...