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Coral Sea

Amazing findings from the Coral Sea Clean-up and Bio-discovery Voyage

June 14, 2016March 14, 2017 Bush Blitz

Scientists, teachers, Parks Australia rangers and NGOs have returned fromĀ a 12-day voyage of discovery to the Coral Sea, 400 km off the coast of Queensland. Over two tonnes of rubbish including rope, various plastics and even a toy piano were collected alongside exciting biological discoveries such as new species of spiders and a previously unseen […]

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2,036 putative new species have been found since Bush Blitz began:

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