The crab’s “crimson” claws earned its name Strigopagurus fragarchela from the Latin form of strawberry, “Fragaria,” and ...

Illegally harvested for their shells, hawksbills are declining ... ecologist Peter Mumby of the University of Queensland. "Looking at decades of sea temperature data, we can now map where corals ...

banana or Lapita shell technologies — just the pottery. "The Jiigurru pottery is, nevertheless, clearly associated with Lapita cultural influences diffusing down the Queensland coast through ...

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Their shells were so thin they were almost transparent. Bubbles of carbon dioxide streamed up from the seafloor like beads of quicksilver. We swam on. Beds of sea grass waved beneath us.

Scientists have made synthetic ‘sea shells’ from a mixture of chalk and polystyrene cups – and produced a tough new material that could make our homes and offices more durable. A team of materials ...

Unique paintings of Queensland's idyllic Magnetic Island are making their way into homes around the world. Grey nomad John Pavart began painting vibrant, tropical landscapes on coconut shells from ...

The Australian South Sea Islander people have ... the stitches that come out of the shell. So that's one of the motifs.” Vonda Malone, a member of the Queensland Government Truth-Telling and ...

HIRONO, Iwate Prefecture--Sea urchin are a culinary delicacy, but because their shells are often seen as too difficult or costly to recycle, they end up getting tossed out in bulk. But a local ...

Emerging evidence suggests that plate tectonics, or the recycling of Earth's crust, may have begun much earlier than ...

January is an ideal time to visit Thailand, especially the islands in the Andaman Sea. Right in the middle ... as no surprise that this stretch of Queensland is decorated with beautiful golden ...

It is commonly found in temperate and tropical regions of Asia, as well as in Queensland Australia ... An absolute must try if you can find them. Whelks are sea snails with spiral-shaped shells. They ...