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Deep-sea fish eyes are not freaky by accident

Published on: 14 January 2022

Deep-sea fish may look like creatures from another world, but why they have such unusual eyes seems to be the result of an evolutionary process of specialisation.

Volunteer marine biologists dive into reef conservation

A team of Queensland Brain Institute scientists are leading the world’s largest volunteer coral health assessment program.

New research has revealed the unique brainpower of octopuses – known for their intelligence and Houdini-like escapes.

How smart is an octopus?

Published on: 22 November 2021

New research has revealed the unique brainpower of octopuses – known for their intelligence and Houdini-like escapes.

Professor Justin Marshall has been making discoveries about the vision of marine animals for 30 years.

Vision technology adds colour to life in the ocean

Marine creatures can see their environment in ways that are beyond the natural limits of human perception.

A new ultraviolet ‘television’ display has been designed to help researchers better understand how animals see the world. Credit: Valerio Tettamanti

Ultraviolet 'television' improves insight into animal vision

Published on: 23 February 2021

A new ultraviolet ‘television’ display has been designed to help researchers better understand how animals see the world.

A family of coral fish have developed visual adaptations similar to those of their cousins living in the ocean’s darkest depths. Credit: Valerio Tettamanti

Deep-sea vision linked to night life on the reef

Published on: 9 February 2021

A family of coral fish have developed visual adaptations similar to those of their cousins living in the ocean’s darkest depths.

Podcast: Do you see what I see?

Did you know? Humans are pretty average when it comes to seeing the visual world compared to many other animals with much smaller brains. Or that octopuses are essentially colourblind? And that there’s really no such thing as colour?