A rare insight into the habitat requirements of large Aussie sawfish
By Barbara Wueringer Sawfish are very unique creatures, which sometimes poses problems when working with them. The saw of a large sawfish can easily...
An important meeting
by Barbara Wueringer In December 2019 I had the opportunity and pleasure to meet Dr Sally Box, Australia's Threatened Species Commissioner. We...
Turning trophies into messengers for conservation
by Nikki Biskis and Barbara Wueringer We are excited to announce that a long imagined SARA initiative is well underway! Since commencing our public...
Unexpected mail
by Nikki Biskis In September 2018, SARA received what is probably the cutest scientific interview of all time. Billy, Charlie, Dylan and Jayden of...
Go Fund Me
Since 2015, Sharks And Rays Australia is working with sawfish in Queensland. They are globally critically endangered. We spend about 3 months in the...
Commercial Fishers Showcase Their Sawfish Release Skills
By Veronika Biskis Sawfish populations are receding to some of the most remote areas in northern Queensland. SARA works with sawfish in Queensland...
Let’s stop the blame game and start collaborating!
In Australia, we have a responsibility to look after our four species of sawfish. Sawfish are the most endangered of all sharks and rays globally....
International Sawfish Day in Cairns October 2019
International Sawfish Day in Cairns, October 2019 By Nikki Biskis In October 2019, SARA and the Cairns Aquarium teamed up for an International...
The cultural importance of sawfish in Australia
Once a year, the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair kicks off in Cairns. Indigenous artists from all over Far North Queensland and Cape York come to Cairns...
Questionnaire
Have you received a questionnaire? In January 2019, SARA teamed up with the Gulf Fisherman Association Inc. to send out questionnaires to fishers...
The species we work with
Thanks to Garry Ogston, Gemma Bauld and Grace McNicholas and Morna McGuire for writing the summaries!Freshwater (or largetooth) sawfish Pristis...
Sawfish or sawshark?
By Paddy Burke (Sharks4Kids ambassador & PhD student at Macquarie University, @Patrick_Burke) The ocean is filled with so many...
Wrapping up 2018
SARA was founded with the goal to contribute to elasmobranch science in Queensland and Australia, while also working with people from all walks of...
SawSearch project update December 2018
Playing the food web game
In early November 2018, Sharks4Kids and Sharks And Rays Australia embarked on a joint mission to visit schools around Far North...
Accelerometer tags on a sawfishes’ saw
We were out in the waters of the Mitchell River, near the Indigenous community of Kowanyama. Every day we would wake at 3am ready for a 4am start...
Queensland and it’s sawfishes. by Nicolas Lubitz & Barbara Wueringer
written by Nicolas Lublitz and Barbara WueringerSawfish are the stuff of legends: Animals that can grow up to 7 m long and have an...
A student internship – Part 2 by Grace McNicholas
The next morning, we woke to strong winds and white horses on the river, which up until now had been as flat as a pancake. We later...
A student internship – Part 1. by Grace McNicholas
It’s safe to say, each of us were equally as excited to be part of an all-female team representing women in science. Our international...
Sawfish at the Cairns Museum
In August 2018, Sharks And Rays Australia and the Cairns Museum jointly organized a sawfish afternoon at the museum, for National Science Week. Kier...
Sawfish – the forgotten sea monsters
Sharks And Rays Australia and the Cairns Museum are teaming up for National Science Week 2018 and we're asking you to help us to gather...
When art meets conservation
When I heard that Pangea Seed Foundation was considering to use Cairns as the canvas for their first Australian Sea Walls event, I was really...
Saws
This blog post was originally published as a project update for the Save Our Seas Foundation. You can access the original post here. Sometimes...
SeaWalls 2018 Welcome
SARA welcomes the Sea Walls artists to Cairns! Here, at Sharks And Rays Australia we are super excited to have you wonderful people...
Outreach, outreach, outreach
By Barbara Wueringer Even if your research is extremely meaningful, there is a high chance that most people outside of your field have...
Release a sawfish video
Our friends over at NESP (Northern Environmental Science Program) and Charles Darwin University have created an awesome video on how to release...
Sawfish, stingrays and SARA
By Rebecca Bateman-John (insta: @rebeccabj_captured) When I first applied to volunteer with Sharks and Rays Australia (SARA) on a...
Delta Downs Expedition (Part Two) by Liz Xanthopoulos
by Liz Xanthopolous, A visitor to this time Home became the banks of the river, which had a 3 metre steep elevation from the water, so we...
Delta Downs Expedition 2016 (Part One) by Liz Xanthopoulos
by Liz Xanthopoulos, A visitor to this time “Don’t think about, just go!” was the last thing Hannah said to me before I took a deep breath...
Expedition Pictures 2016
We hope that these images give you an idea of what we do and what you can experience if you decide to join us in the field. This section will not be...