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New shark specimens discovered near Cape York

Since the discovery of the Speartooth shark in 1982 there has never been a live adult specimen found anywhere - until now. Actually make that two. Researchers have captured a 2.2m female and a 2.3m male in the waters near Cape York, QLD and fitted them with satellite tags. The tags will last for about 2 months and record where the sharks travel, plus collecting data on depth and temperature …

Victorians are counting on rare, and common, fish

Hundreds of divers and snorkelers will hit the water in their metaphorical lab coats this summer as part of the biggest citizen science event on Victoria’s marine calendar, the Great Victorian Fish Count. Read more about this event that runs from November 21 to Dec 6 in the Mornington Peninsula News (Redmap gets a mention too!).

Fangs a lot

FOR the first time since the early 1970s, a highly venomous sea snake has turned up on a southern California beach—the latest in a string of unusual wildlife sightings, including hammerhead sharks and red-footed boobies, writes The Economist. This snake, which typically lives in tropical waters, has never before turned up so far north (in this hemisphere at least). While it is not clear what has brought it to Ventura County, experts …

Citizen Science Comes of Age: Everyday People Doing Extraordinary Science

Defined as engagement of non-professionals in scientific investigation, citizen science involves volunteers asking questions, collecting data, or interpreting results. While people such as Thoreau, with his field observations at Walden Pond, have been doing citizen science for centuries, as a formal discipline this field is less than 45-years-old. Read the full story in the Huffington Post.

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