Free ride Parasitic crustaceans cause significant drag on reef fish impeding their ability to swim fast and stay safe, researchers have found. PhD student, Sandra Binning, of the Australian National ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

Researchers have discovered a rare example of 'great fish parenting' with a common coral reef species found to actively protect their young by eating parasites. Researchers have discovered a rare ...

Gnathiid isopods are small, obligate ectoparasites whose larval stages feed on the blood of coral reef fishes, thereby influencing host physiology, behaviour and community dynamics. Their feeding ...

Sandra Binning is a member of the Groupe de recherche interuniversitaire en limnologie (GRIL) and Ressources Aquatiques Québec (RAQ) and has received funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering ...

A cleaner goby cleans a grouper in a Caribbean coral reef. These little fish clean much bigger fish of parasites and bacteria. Where do you go when you’re a fish and you need a skincare treatment?

'Antisocial' damselfish are scaring off cleaner fish customers -- and this could contribute to coral reef breakdown. Damselfish have been discovered to disrupt 'cleaning services' vital to the health ...

Researchers have discovered a rare example of ‘great fish parenting’ with a common coral reef species found to actively protect their young by eating parasites. The University of Queensland’s Dr ...