South Australia is home to a rich fossil heritage, from the earliest big life found anywhere in the world, to the giant wombats and kangaroos that roamed the Adelaide Plains… From the extraordinary predators of the Cambrian oceans, to the plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs that swam in the Eromanga Sea. But which of them is the…
Topic: Environment and Nature
Gold Coast Libraries – The secret life of a nudibranch
Books, magazines and media often focus on prolific marine wildlife such as whales, turtles and sharks. The nudibranch, although brightly coloured and very photogenic rarely gets mentioned. Join us to find out about their biology and behaviour from the marine science team from Ocean Connect. This event is part of the Gold Coast Libraries ‘Science…
Gold Coast Libraries: Get the Gold Coast Reef Lowdown
Did you know that the Gold Coast has reefs right off our coastline? Join innovative citizen science organisation, Reef Check Australia, and get the lowdown on the health of our beautiful and important reefs, and learn how you can play your part in understanding and appreciating our local reef habitats. Reef Check Australia are focused…
Gold Coast Libraries – Explore Marine Science with Sea World
Join the Sea World Marine Education team to explore how the ocean positively impacts our lives, the ways we impact the ocean and what we can all do to help the marine animals that live there. This event is part of the Gold Coast Libraries ‘Science of the Sea’ program. No bookings required. To access this…
Gold Coast Libraries – Marine Biologist Field Day
Have you ever thought about being a marine biologist when you grow up? What are some of the things that you would do as part of this job? Join us in this interactive workshop when we dive underwater and talk about some of the creatures we will find and be introduced to some amazing habitats…
Luminary Lectures at the Library: How to keep the Great Barrier Reef great
As the largest coral reef system on earth, the Great Barrier Reef remains one of the great wonders of the World. Professor Peter Mumby will share his research into the creatures that inhabit the reef and discuss the impacts of climate change. Learn some of the ways in which we can help the Great Barrier…
Gold Coast Libraries – Explore your world and climate science with Professor Tim Flannery
Learn all kinds of weird, wild and amazing facts about animals from Professor Tim Flannery’s recent book, Explore your world : weird, wild, amazing! He will also talk about climate change and ways that we can help protect the world, our oceans and all of the marine animals that we love so much. This special…
Luminary Lectures at the Library – Whales in the City: Humpback whale resting and calving on the Gold Coast
Humpback whales face many challenges during their migration. The Gold Coast bay is one of the few resting, socialising and emerging calving grounds for humpback whales. Humpbacks and High-rises is a community based not-for profit organisation established in 2011. They have monitored humpback whales for almost 10 years and now run South East Queensland’s largest…
Gold Coast Libraries – Sea World Rescue Animal video diary
Catch up with the Sea World Research and Rescue team, including some of the rescued animals, to learn more about how they assist marine animals that need our help. This event is part of the Gold Coast Libraries ‘Science of the Sea’ program. Don’t forget to explore our recommended National Science Week reading lists for…
Paradoxical Objects: online project at MOD.
Have you ever stopped to contemplate the objects around you? From clothes you wear, the cutlery you eat with, to the device you’re reading this on – our everyday objects slice through time to the origins of our universe, emerge from all continents across our globe, and are extracted, manufactured and transported by many human…