Nov 4, 2015 | Ecology, Fellowships, Research
Dom Roche is a postdoc at the University of Neuchatel in Switzerland and was the 2012 Ian Potter Doctoral Fellow. He and his wife, previous feature scientist Sandra Binning, have been conducting field work at the Australian Museum’s Lizard Island Research... 
Nov 4, 2015 | COTS, Research
Ronald Petie is currently focusing his work on the Crown of Thorns Starfish (COTS). Most research done on the COTS has been ecological, covering things like their location and abundance. However, Ronald’s background is actually in physiology, and so his research is... 
Nov 4, 2015 | Ecology, Research
Sandra Binning is a Post-Doctoral researcher from the University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland and both she and her husband Dom Roche have spent time at the Australian Museum’s Lizard Island Research Station. Sandra is part of a team studying the behaviour of fish,... 
Nov 4, 2015 | Ecology, People, Research
Tory Chase is a PhD student at James Cook University. He is originally from New Hampshire and completed his undergraduate studies in North Carolina. He is currently 8 months into his PhD project, as well as interning at the Australian Museum’s Lizard Island... 
Nov 4, 2015 | Cleaning, Ecology, People, Research
Eva McClure is part of Dr. Lexa Grutter’s lab team. Dr. Grutter of the University of Queensland, is investigating how the cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) influences the ecology of coral reef communities. For the past 15 years, she has run a study on Lizard... 
Nov 4, 2015 | Ecology, Fellowships, People
How can small reef predators be stopped from hunting baby fish? With FEAR! Fear of predation triggered by the presence of a larger predator can stop smaller predators from foraging on baby fish. This post was contributed by Maria Palacios, recipient of the 2015 Ian...