Welcoming new Co-Directors to LIRS

Welcoming new Co-Directors to LIRS

We’re delighted to share the news that the Australian Museum (AM) has appointed two new Co-Directors to run the AM’s Lizard Island Research Station (LIRS). Dr Emily Howells and Dr David Abrego have accepted their “dream job” and are settling into a busy schedule...
Celebrating 50 years of research on Lizard Island

Celebrating 50 years of research on Lizard Island

This 5 minutes video gives a wonderful snapshot of how the Station was founded and what makes it unique. Scientists, including Frank Talbot who founded the Station in 1973, share their stories and insights into why the research undertaken there is...
Lifetime Achievement Award

Lifetime Achievement Award

At the Lizard Island Reef Research Foundation 50th Anniversary dinner, Dr Anne Hoggett AM and Dr Lyle Vail AM were awarded the 2023 Australian Museum Research Institute Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of their tireless work in advancing our understanding of...
Great Barrier Reef – The Book

Great Barrier Reef – The Book

  This book describes the animals, plants and other organisms of the reef, and the biological, chemical and physical processes that influence them. It also has chapters on shelf slopes, fisheries, climate change, coral bleaching, ocean acidification, coral...