The Southern Rock Lobsters at Margaret Brock Reef
The sanctuary zone at Margaret Brock Reef is the only place I’ve dived in SA where I’ve seen large numbers of huge rock lobsters (along with prolific juveniles and all…
Boxer Crabs use anemones as boxing gloves
Photo of a Boxer Crab (or Pom Pom Crab), Lybia edmondsoni by Dave Harasti In one of Brian Brock’s many letters to me in 2014, he wrote, “I am pretty…
How Jeanette Power’s 19th century argonaut studies in aquaria led to a modern day paper
A PhD student called Julian Finn contacted us in 2006 seeking some information about Jeanette Power. Julian said that Jeanette Power was famous for resolving the truth that argonauts build…
Hans Mincham
Hans Mincham died on 10th May 2007, aged 95. His obituary in The Advertiser on 23rd June 2007 described Hans as an educator, naturalist, writer, historian, conservationist & musician. He…
The Stenhouse Bay Lookout Walk
During my Marion Bay trip in April 2014, my wife and I visited Stenhouse Bay. We enjoyed walking around the area, including the jetty there. A highlight of the day…
Places available on tour of Port Stanvac Desalination Plant
The Willunga Environment Centre has organised a free tour of the Adelaide Desalination Project at Port Stanvac, to occur on July 24th, 2014 from 10.30 am to 1.30 pm. Due…
Slime Mould
National Geographic Magazine seems to be keen on slime mould (or ‘slime mold’ as it prefers to call it). The magazine has featured slime mould articles in several issues over…
Cuttle Scuttle game development continues
MLSSA corporate member Danimations began development of a retro arcade game called Cuttle Scuttle late last year, with the assistance of students from the University of South Australia. Since then,…
More on the adaptations of plants that can tolerate being close to the sea
As explained in Brian Brock’s 2013 Journal article “Adaptation of some Coastal Species”, Brian has had a life-long interest in coastal plants. He wrote to us several times between May…