Juergen Freund of Queensland, Australia is a winner in the NatureÂ’s Best Photography Windland Smith Rice International Awards 2007 competition. His image titled Dwarf Minke Whale won first place in the Oceans category.
One of the most prestigious photo contests in the world, drawing over 17,000 entries from photographers in 26 countries, the NBPWSRI Awards competition showcases the very best in nature photography today. FreundÂ’s image; along with 60 other winning and highly honored images will be on display at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC, beginning October 30, 2007. The exhibit, presented by Sony, will ...
A few stories are appearing in the Australian media including some passionate discussions from readers about the pros and cons of supporting Japanese whaling.
I would have to say if they start hunting down Migaloo the worlds only known white humpback whale - for scientific research - that would be devastating. Migaloo has become an icon for the recovery of the humpback whale population in our waters. If this whale dies to become food ...
Read the story on the ABC and the following discussions:
Japan wants Australia to help protect its whaling fleet from what it calls "environmental terrorism" as it ...
The Sydney Aquarium has released 30 seahorses bred in captivity into Sydney Harbour as part of an Australian-first study to try to boost their numbers, but it is concerned poachers may intervene.
The tiny black animals were carefully transported from a tank into the netted area at Manly Cove, in northern Sydney, this morning.
The five-centimetre-long white's seahorses have been tagged and will be closely monitored by the New South Wales Department of Primary Industries (DPI) and a team of divers.
There is already a colony of about 300 of the animals, only known to exist in NSW waters, near the sea net ...
This might become an election issue and maybe that will help it to become reality. The Coral Sea deserves proper protection - all divers who have been out there have seen the amazing marine life that could be lost by failing to protect this area before it gets targeted for exploitation.
In the Sydney Morning Herald:
The next federal government must consider extending the Great Barrier Reef marine park to include the Coral Sea, making it the world's greatest marine park, the Australian Greens say.
Greens leader Bob Brown said the Coral Sea is one of the world's unrecognised wonders, and is home ...
Now who on this planet would do something like this ... I am by this report and I hope the person who did this will be caught and severely punished.
In the Australian newspaper:
THE DISCOVERY of the dismembered corpse of a large nesting sea turtle has sent shock waves through a small coastal community.
The dead Flatback Turtle, which weighed more than 80kg, was found on a beach in Port Hedland, in Western AustraliaÂ’s North West, on Friday.
Its front flippers were believed to have been hacked off and its neck was partially severed either during or after its murder.
It was also ...
An international team of marine scientists returns to the Chatham Islands next week hoping to fit satellite tags on up to 13 great white sharks. The tags will allow the scientists to track the sharks’ movements for up to nine months.
The team is led ...
The 27,400 ...
Just as State Department officials announced that Libya will be dropped from America's list of state sponsors of terror, the Independent Online is suggesting that the North African country might be the next hot travel/dive destination. Located on the southern edge of the Mediterranean, Libya is following Saudi Arabia's lead, hoping ...
Back in November, I mentioned South Africa’s Shark Lady and her “Crystal Cage” – a virtually invisible Lexan cage with 250 times the impact strength of glass. Capable of withstanding an attack by a great white, the Crystal Cage isn’t really a cage at all. Rather, it’s a ...
Blue Tangs are often found roaming the reef, in search of their favourite food - algae. They are surgeonfish which may appear either singly or in large schools, which can contain hundreds of individuals.
The name surgeonfish comes from the defensive spines located on the caudal peduncle (the part of the ...