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2025 MATE ROV World Championship is happening this June!

ROVs are being tested and tweaked this week in preparation for the 2025 MATE ROV Competition World Championships, happening in Alpena, Michigan USA.

Teams will compete in varying ROV challenge categories: Explorer, Pioneer and Ranger starting on Thursday June 19th 2025 (vehicle inspections starting 17th of June)

Livestreams of the events can be seen online at: Twitch.TV MATEinspires1

And we would like to offer huge congratulations to the Riptide ROV team from Korowa Anglican Girls’ School in VIC! They are the first Australian team to compete at a MATE World Championship.

More information at: MATE ROV Competition

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MBARI’s mystery mollusc is finally identified after 20 years of research

Researchers from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) have a new species of sea slug called Bathydevius Caudactylus, a.k.a the mystery mollusc. The nudibranch is about the size of an apple and found between depths of 1000-4000 meters.

Some if its unique features include bioluminescence, using a “hood” to trap its food, and its unusual physical appearance, with a hood on one end and flat tail with finger-like projections on the other.

Full article at: News18.com 03dec24

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A girls-only, shark sleepover discovered in Bass Strait’s Beagle Marine Park

Thousands of sleepy Port Jackson sharks were spotted by scientists visiting Beagle Marine Park in central Bass Strait in 2024, seven years after the marine park was established.

A two-week survey led by the University of Tasmania’s Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), was intended to monitor changes in the park’s condition.

“It was very exciting when we managed to traverse over a rise in the reef to get a glimpse of the sharks snoozing 65-metres below the vessel in almost the same location as they were six years ago,” Dr Jacquomo Monk said.

Full article at: PulseTasmania.com.au 17aug2024