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A Ripper of a Whale Tale

A Ripper of a Whale Tale

Joseph DiBattista

A Humpback Whale Brings Sydney Harbour to a Standstill On the morning of 16 July 2025, Sydney commuters received an unexpected wildlife encounter when a young humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)...

A Ripper of a Whale Tale

Joseph DiBattista

A Humpback Whale Brings Sydney Harbour to a Standstill On the morning of 16 July 2025, Sydney commuters received an unexpected wildlife encounter when a young humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)...

Where DNA Meets the Divers

Where DNA Meets the Divers

Joseph DiBattista

What if a single bottle of seawater could tell us what animals and plants eat, sleep, breath, swim, and sway beneath the ocean surface? That’s exactly what researchers set out...

Where DNA Meets the Divers

Joseph DiBattista

What if a single bottle of seawater could tell us what animals and plants eat, sleep, breath, swim, and sway beneath the ocean surface? That’s exactly what researchers set out...

Flight of the Parrots

Flight of the Parrots

Joseph DiBattista

Everyone loves a great parrot(fish) story. We are therefore excited to share some interesting news from Sydney Harbour that highlights the power of citizen science in detecting species outside of...

Flight of the Parrots

Joseph DiBattista

Everyone loves a great parrot(fish) story. We are therefore excited to share some interesting news from Sydney Harbour that highlights the power of citizen science in detecting species outside of...

Some Like It Hot

Some Like It Hot

Joseph DiBattista

I decided to take a few months off from journal posts as we plodded through the depths of the winter weather doldrums, and hence fewer opportunities for the amazing citizen...

Some Like It Hot

Joseph DiBattista

I decided to take a few months off from journal posts as we plodded through the depths of the winter weather doldrums, and hence fewer opportunities for the amazing citizen...

eDNA Results - Camp Cove and Parsley Bay - A Comprehensive Update

eDNA Results - Camp Cove and Parsley Bay - A Co...

Joseph DiBattista

Given that we have entered the winter doldrums for photo submissions, a time when cold weather and/or rain make regular visits to the inky depths of southern Sydney Harbour somewhat...

eDNA Results - Camp Cove and Parsley Bay - A Co...

Joseph DiBattista

Given that we have entered the winter doldrums for photo submissions, a time when cold weather and/or rain make regular visits to the inky depths of southern Sydney Harbour somewhat...

Photo Observation of the Month of April - Sealing the Show

Photo Observation of the Month of April - Seali...

Joseph DiBattista

Congratulations to paulmc001, for his amazing Photo Observation of the Month of April of the sometimes elusive, but ultimately precocious Brown Fur Seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) having a "whale" of a...

Photo Observation of the Month of April - Seali...

Joseph DiBattista

Congratulations to paulmc001, for his amazing Photo Observation of the Month of April of the sometimes elusive, but ultimately precocious Brown Fur Seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) having a "whale" of a...