The coral reefs of the GBR are a globally unique and essential national resource for Australia; however, no single map exists showing its extent, depth and habitat composition. Baseline mapping of the composition of an environment is accepted as essential information for management of terrestrial ...
A new study has documented unexpected consequences following the decline of great white sharks from an area off South Africa. The study found that the disappearance of great whites has led to the emergence of sevengill sharks, a top predator from a different habitat. A living fossil, sevengill ...
There is no such handwaving inDEVICE 6. The numbered devices we encounter in sequence throughout the chapters exist to precisely map Anna’s experiences onto the way we experience them on the screen: to narrow the distance between the map and the territory; the story and the telling of the...
Map of Baited Remote Underwater Video Station surveys along the outer shelf-break of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Forty-eight BRUVS deployments (triangles) across three reefs (Unnamed, Myrmidon, and Viper) and an inter-reefal transect. The edge of the continental shelf is approximately 100...
Oscar Scherer State Park provides 15 miles of hiking trails to explore its 1,400 acres. Seven marked trails include the Florida Scrub Nature Walk and the Lester Finley Barrier Free Nature Trail. Many of the trails are in the Florida scrub habitat, which means soft sand and pine needles. Hik...
Landside, we spent a day bicycling 5 miles to the wall of tears (Muro de las lagrimas), to the tortoise-breeding center, and to the flamingo habitat. We rented three extra bikes so that all five of us could ride together, including Uncle Bill. The bicycle ride was partially carved along...
Thursday, we went to Crocasaurus, a saltwater crocodile marine aquarium where they breed crocs and feed huge ones in front of the visitors. While the trainers are in a croc’s habitat to feed the beasts, they never turn their back on the massive creatures and always carry a big stick. ...
A paper published July 7, 2020 in the open access journal PLOS Biology outlines a roadmap for creating, for the first time, an agreed list of all the world's species, from mammals and birds to plants, fungi and microbes.
changes. This study identified that one of the areas fished (C3;Figure 8) had significantly higher depredation by sharks than other areas during the NQBI, which may be linked to the level of fishing activity that occurs at this location, the abundance of sharks and habitat/environmental ...