Jun 24, 2019 | Biodiversity, Fellowships, Observation, People
Darko Cotoras is the recipient of a 2019 Lizard Island Postdoctoral fellowship funded by the Lizard Island Reef Research Foundation (LIRRF). He took some time to answer some questions about his work at the Lizard Island Research station and how the fellowship has... 
Feb 22, 2019 | Biodiversity, Fellowships, Research
[Dr Daniela Pica is a marine scientist based at Università Politecnica delle Marche in Ancona Italy. Her research is expanding scientific knowledge of shallow water lace corals, most recently in Indian and Pacific Ocean locations. This is her report of recent field... 
Jan 15, 2019 | Ecology, Fellowships, Global change, Research
Deep-water seagrass is sequestering carbon, mitigating climate change. Photosynthetic marine plants (especially seagrasses, tidal marshes and mangroves) “eat” carbon dioxide and release the oxygen component. Their residual biomass becomes part of the sea floor... 
Dec 12, 2018 | Ecology, Fellowships, Global change
Research on coral goby species at Lizard Island shows the social structure of those that live as pairs is more resilient to habitat degradation caused by successive cyclones, as compared to those that live in groups of 3 or more. See Martin L Hing et al Repeated... 
Dec 24, 2017 | Fellowships, Research
A device inspired by Lizard Island research identifies susceptibility to age-related macular degeneration. It prompts actions to reduce the chance of blindness later in life. Dr Shelby Temple was awarded a 2012 Yulgilbar Fellowship to study polarised vision. His work... 
Dec 19, 2017 | Biodiversity, Fellowships, Research
Stylasteridae (“lace corals”) are a family of hydroids, closely related to stony corals in the phylum Cnidaria. They and one other hydroid family, Milleporidae (“fire corals” ) have a hard, calcareous skeleton. Globally, some 330 stylasterid species have been...