Sep 29, 2026 | Global change, Reef condition, Research
When you swim through the azure waters of the Great Barrier Reef, there is one entity on the seafloor that’s almost impossible to miss: the giant clam. Its huge, fluted shell frames a soft mantle shimmering with electric blue, green and gold. As the world’s... 
Mar 19, 2026 | Fellowships, Reef condition
Dr Wyatt Million was awarded the 2025 Maple-Brown Family Foundation Fellowship. A good understanding of coral tolerance to ocean deoxygenation is required to predict how ocean deoxygenation will change the species composition, coral cover, growth, and success of... 
Mar 18, 2026 | Fellowships, Reef condition
Dr Mike McWilliam was awarded the 2024 Maple-Brown Family Foundation Fellowship, funding postdoctoral research conducted at Lizard Island Research Station in October – November 2024. The primary aims of Mike’s project were to explore the relationship between coral... 
Sep 11, 2023 | People, Reef condition
Some 45 years ago, just a few years after Professor Frank Talbot AM established the Lizard Island Research Station in 1973, we — two young students — began our PhD projects there. Jan Aldenhoven studying a blue and gold, sex-changing angel fish, Centropyge bicolor;... 
Aug 25, 2022 | Bleaching, Reef condition
In this short video, shot from the Station, Anne Hoggett, LIRS Director shares her insights about bleaching over summer in the Lizard Island area and gives an update of activities at the Australian Museum’s Lizard Island Research Station (LIRS). By Dr Anne Hoggett |... 
Feb 24, 2022 | Bleaching, Reef condition
Lizard Island epitomises the plight of Anthropocene coral reefs as it has been subjected to a growing number and escalating intensity of disturbances in recent years, especially cyclones and bleaching events. However, despite these disturbances pushing coral cover to...