In honour of Australia’s Shark Week, here is some information about our own Epaulette Shark that can be found on Heron Island:
Bone-eating worms discovered
It is fascinating to learn what new and exciting creatures scientists are still discovering in our oceans! And how fun that some of these incredible bone-eating worms were named after ROV pilots, ROVs, and even Jabba the Hut. Full article at: Phys.org 08may18
Rare Irish Shark Nursery Discovered
Quite an amazing find of a huge shark nursery at depth of ~750m off the cost of Ireland. The shark species spotted in the area are Blackmouth catshark, Galeus melastomus, abundant in the northeast Atlantic Ocean, and the more unusual and solitary Sailfin roughshark Oxynotus paradoxus (see the Forbes article for a photo of the sail fin shark).
Full article at: breaking news.ie 08nov18 and Forbes 09nov18
Come see us at Moreton Bay Research Station Open Day
We will be on North Stradbroke Island for the University of Queensland’s Moreton Bay Research Station Open Day on Saturday the 24th of November. Can’t wait to show off the BlueROV2!
Click here for more information about MBRS Open Day
2018 Spark Festival in Sydney
We had an awesome time at the 2018 Spark Festival STEAM Carnival today! Huge thanks to all the volunteers (UTS, CSIRO, Data61, etc) who pitched in to organise such a great event and a special thanks to Spark Co-Founder, Liz Jakubowski.
