o we all know that male seahorses get pregnant but new research from University of Sydney is telling us much more about what happens in that pouch on the dad... this is just…
Straight from the 2015 Australian Fish Biology conference, John brings the lowdown the current trends in fisheries and coastal management, and the latest science on artificial reefs stock enhancement strategies. Terri Allen joins…
PhD student Derek Dapp, and his supervisor Associate Professor Richard Reina talk about their research into different shark breathing modes, and how they may affect survival after accidental capture. And some updates on…
Rex Hunter takes us on an underwater exploration of the shipwrecks of World War 2 in Victoria. PhD students Lauren and Laetitia will entertain us with stories of Gannets at Pope's Eye, and…
Cecelia Whitton is the Executive Officer of the Westernport Biosphere and joins us to talk about Biosphere Reserves in a global context, why and how Westernport is considered as one, and some of…
goodness me where to start... With Bron having a weekend down the coast, Anth and John will be joined by Jeff Maynard for SoundWaves in a packed show. On a cold Monday evening…
We've been bringing you up to date the last few Sundays about the annual amassing of the spider crabs in Port Phillip Bay. Local underwater photographer and diving enthusiast PT Hirschfield has been…
Hilary McNevin gives us the lowdown on the humble oyster - what's around, what to go for, what to avoid. And seasonal fish and the cold - does weather matter to fish in…
Warm-blooded fish: Dr Beach to discuss and dissect (metaphorically!). Dr Surf's annual winter wetsuit review. Back zip, chest zip, no zip? 3/2, 4/3, 5/4? Rip Curl, O'Neill, Patagonia, Excel? What the hell does…
celebrating World Oceans Day on Monday we will bring you up to date on all the latest marine news and views. Dr Adam Pope, President of the Victorian branch of the Australian Marine…
The CEO of Australia for Dolphins, Sarah Lucas, joins us to talk about a landmark decision by Japan's peak zoo association to stop members purchasing dolphins captured in Taiji.
Drs Surf and Beach discuss the origins of swell (the surf type) prediction and grill Dr Tim Smith about seagrasses in PPB and the mysterious Chilean connexion.
We cross to Japan to speak with Dr Jacqui Pocklington (aka Dr Pocko) - she's over there doing post-doctoral research into Japanese marine life following her PhD in Melbourne. John Ford talks us…
We cross to Japan to speak with Dr Jacqui Pocklington (aka Dr Pocko) - she's over there doing post-doctoral research into Japanese marine life following her PhD in Melbourne. John Ford talks us…
Bron and Anth pop in to talk news and views, and how marine snow is part of the story about the impact of the Deep Horizon oil spill. Chris Smyth from the VNPA…
We speak with Sea Shepherd Managing Director Jeff Hansen about their hard work over summer, including 'Operation Icefish' - investigating and preventing illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing known generally as 'poaching' in the…
This Sunday Daylight Savings ends. Anth and John will be in to cover marine urbanisation, maritime territory expansion as two linked but very different topics about how we use the sea now and…
Drs Beach and Surf will be joined by Perran Cook (Monash Uni) to talk about worm holes - not the cosmological kind, but actual worm holes - and how, as Charlie Darwin suspected…
Mark Rodrigue talks about the 2015 Festival of the Sea - lots of great stuff happening in Barwon Heads this weekend for all of us who love the brilliant briny. Then Dr Giovanni…
Dr Julie Mondon from Deakin University has just come back from a stint in Antarctica doing research into impact of sewage produced by researchers and staff on Australia's Antarctic bases. She'll join us…
Lots and lots on in the marine and coastal world a the moment! John, Bron and Anth will be in to chat about it! Prue Addison from the AMSA Victoria branch about the…
Terri Allen is Radio Marinara's new Dive Reporter, and on Sunday brings her inaugural dive report, including her pick of where to dive this Sunday. Tim Silverwood gives us the lowdown on a…
ast week, Dr Erich Fitzgerald from Museum Victoria spoke about the uniquely precious marine fossil record along the Beaumaris coastline - if you didn't catch the show. Erich brought some extraordinary information -…
Bron and Anth will be in with a bumper show. Loads of news and views including Bron's review of Oddball - not often that a Radio Marinara story is made into a feature…