Articles

Cowries and Ovulids

by Erika Antoniazzo

Long prized by primitive people for their shape and attractive colors, Cowrie shells were widely used for money in ancient times.

What is our Coral Sea?

by Tim Hochgrebe

The Coral Sea is a tropical marine jewel, which lies east of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. It is one of the last places on Earth where large marine animals can still be found in great numbers.

The Scene of the crime

by Antonella Gambotto

After weeks of flawless sunshine, it resumed bucketing (biblical winds, surfers hanging ten in bird baths, etc.) the night before the repeated last day of my Open Water Course. The first course was aborted after my instructor, a man who made Hannibal Lecter look like Mike Brady, left me alone in scaly grey chop for twenty or so minutes ...