Bonjour tout le monde !! I am Henri, a biology student from ENS Paris Saclay in France. Even though I studied human health for the last two years, I was always passionate about marine biology and wanted to study megafauna, their behaviors and ecology. The PEAC lab was a great place to get a first experience of these subjects, and visiting Western Australia is something I will remember for a long time. Adrian and the PEAC lab welcomed me to work on flatback turtle video record

2026 Vice Chancellor's Staff Award Winner We are pleased to share that our fantastic leader, Dr Adrian Gleiss has won the Vice Chancellor's award for Murdoch University Mid-Career Researcher for 2026! "Dr Adrian Gleiss has built an internationally recognised research program exploring how marine animals move, use energy and respond to changing environments." "Since joining Murdoch in 2015 as an ARC DECRA Fellow, he has published more than 90 research outputs, attracting over

By Christine Barry & Luciana C Ferreira - Originally published in The Conversation Whale shark - Samuel J Coe/Getty Images Whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) – the world’s biggest fish – are one of the most charismatic marine species. They connect with the hearts of anyone lucky enough to encounter them, making people deeply curious about their lives and invested in their conservation. Yet most of what researchers know about the behaviour of whale sharks comes from snorkelling or

Behaviour and buoyancy control in a shallow diving marine mammal, the dugong (Dugong dugon) Read article here: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2026.1796201 📍 Field locations: New Caledonia and Exmouth Gulf First author: PhD Candidate Renae N. Lambourne Abstract: "Shallow diving air-breathing animals face the challenge of maximising oxygen stores to extend dive duration while being subject to rapid pressure changes, especially in the first 10 m. Buoyancy control is integral to

Fish and fisheries ecology of culturally important ‘Saltwater’ resources in the Kimberley region of Western Australia Supervisors Adrian...

New shark science published!

Elena ¡Hola a todos! I’m Elena, I’m pursuing a Ph.D. in Biodiversity at the Institut de Ciències del Mar (Barcelona, Spain), where I...

Supervisors Adrian Gleiss – Murdoch University, Perth, AUS (Principal) Jenna Hounslow – Murdoch University, Perth, AUS Alastair Harry –...

First surgery (supervised by our wildlife vet, Renata Santos) on a green sawfish ( Pristis zijsron ), by PEAC Lab candidate with the full...

Safety first, followed by equipment and fun! The receivers were deployed in the intertidal zone, mounted on custom made screw anchors...

Published in the journal ECOLOGY in 2021, the paper "Animal‐borne video from a sea turtle reveals novel anti‐predator behaviors"...

PEAC Lab's Jenna Hounslow gratefully received an invitation to present to a collaborative group of over 60 members from State and Local...

Want to learn more about a day-in-the-life of a manta ray (or a manta ray researcher)? PEAC Lab PhD student Rachel Newsome, who is a Save...

Last week, PEAC Lab members attended the 2023 Western Australian #BiodiversityConference, held on Whadjuk Noongar Boodjar (Perth, Western...

We are currently advertising 2 new exciting PhD projects. Both projects fall under the wider project Yagarrajalajalan Nagula Buru: We all...

This has been very long overdue... BUT I am really happy that we finally have a website for our lab. We will expand on this in the coming...