The Western Australian Museum acknowledges and respects the Traditional Owners of their ancestral lands, waters and skies.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are advised that this digital guide may include images, sounds, and names of now deceased persons.

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Welcome explorers

Each time researchers descend into our coastal and open waters, they discover a dynamic and challenging series of habitats overflowing with biodiversity.

Knowing what this subaquatic universe holds is the key to understanding how to protect and conserve it, and this is what museum researchers do.  They are on the front line exploring, discovering, recording, archiving and educating.

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A strange creature that looks like a bundle of feathers makes a dark shadow in front of a Museum diver's hands.

Scientists working underwater.
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The Western Australian Museum acknowledges and respects the Traditional Owners of their ancestral lands, waters and skies.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are advised that this digital guide may include images, sounds, and names of now deceased persons.