Apr 15, 2021 | Biodiversity, Fellowships, Research
The title of this article springs from an apocryphal quote of the late British evolutionary biologist, J.B.S. Haldane – “The Creator, if He exists, has an inordinate fondness for beetles” – alluding to the extraordinary diversity of this group.... 
Mar 29, 2021 | Biodiversity, Ecology, Fellowships, People
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. For Dr Simon Brandl and Dr Christopher Goatley, success and frustration came hand in hand. Joint recipients of the 2020 John and Laurine Proud Fellowship, neither could visit the Lizard Island Research Station to...Sep 24, 2020 | Biodiversity, Ecology, Research
We’ve previously written about research conducted in the waters around Lizard Island on Mantis Shrimps, a group of marine crustaceans called stomatopods. In fact over the past 3 decades there has been extensive sampling of stomatopods in the Lizard region providing a... 
Feb 5, 2020 | Biodiversity, Research
As a Ph.D. candidate at the University of California, Los Angeles, Mark Phuong accompanied Australian Museum Mollusc expert, Francesco Criscione, on a field trip to the Lizard Island Research Station in August, 2014. During the course of 5 days, Mark collected 32... 
Jun 25, 2019 | Biodiversity, Fellowships, Research
Although the likely effects of projected climate change are being widely studied, we are just scratching the surface with regard of its long-term consequences. Among the many areas of concern, changes in temperature regimes are altering species ranges; variation in... 
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...