Jul 6, 2016 | Ecology, People, Research
ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies and James Cook University student Laura Richardson is conducting her PhD project at the Australian Museum’s Lizard Island Research Station under the supervision of Andrew Hoey, Nick Graham and Morgan Pratchett,... 
Jul 6, 2016 | Ecology, People, Research
Martin Hing a PhD student from the University of Wollongong, originally focused on the ‘Evolution of sociality in coral reef associated fishes’ however this rapidly changed as two cyclones and the coral bleaching epidemic severely impacted his research....Jul 6, 2016 | Events, People
The Australian Museum Research Institute recognised Professor Frank Talbot’s achievements in the natural sciences by presenting him with the 2016 AMRI Lifetime Achievement Award. This annual award is presented to a person who has dedicated a large part of their life... 
Jun 1, 2016 | Ecology, People, Research
Tory Chase is a PhD student at JCU /CoralCoE. In 2015 he spent 4 months as an Intern at the Australian Museum’s Lizard Island Research Station. He was endeavouring to quantify the prevalence and intensity of coral-fish interactions, specifically between... 
May 25, 2016 | Fellowships, People, Research, Sound
An update on Jamie McWilliam / Can we hear the reef dying? Continuing his research at the Lizard Island Research Station, he has been studying the pulse of a coral reef ecosystems in a changing climate, using underwater microphones (hydrophones) . Jamie’s goal is to... 
Nov 25, 2015 | COTS, Grants, People
Zara-Louise Cowan is currently completing her PhD at James Cook University. She is researching the early life stages of the reef’s most destructive creature, the Crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS). Specifically she is looking into predators of larval COTS and under...