by Cetacea | Jan 21, 2015 | General news
Richards, Bryce and Bryce have recently published a paper highlighting the unique assemblage of corals, rollaliths and coraliths at Adele Island, the farethest island off the Kimberley coast. A subtidal zone of mixed corallith and rhodolith habitat appears to be the...
by Cetacea | Aug 26, 2014 | General news
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-21/new-populations-of-rare-species-discovered/5685418 By Ebonnie Spriggs Updated Thu at 11:36amThu 21 Aug 2014, 11:36am PHOTO: An endangered northern quoll was found on a Kimberley island. (Supplied.) MAP: Kununurra 6743 A survey of...
by Cetacea | Jul 30, 2014 | Daily Sightings, In the Field
We had a wonderful whale watching interaction today with two very curious juvenile Humpback whales. These two young cetaceans approached the boat, diving under and around the vessel, and circling the boat for nearly two hours. The whales were just as curious about...
by Cetacea | Apr 23, 2014 | Daily Sightings, In the Field, Photography
Broome’s Dampier Creek It’s early morning in the mangroves lining Dampier Creek on the fringe of Broome’s Chinatown, and air is alive with birdsong. A small female Broad-billed flycatcher alights briefly on mangrove pneumataphores, the spiky...
by Cetacea | Mar 3, 2014 | Daily Sightings, In the Field, Photography
Heading across the bay to the waters off Thangoo, we spotted six of these gorgeous little newborn Zebra sharks (Stegostroma fasciatum) swimming along on the surface. Only about 30cm long at birth and fairly recently hatched, the pups hatch live from a clutch of up to...
