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Roger Steene: An extraordinary force

Lyle Jnr says: "Roger Steene is a legendary photographer, researcher, and commentator. We're quite pleased that he's allowed us to use his photos in the CM Species Care Atlas. Roger's a one of a kind."

You can order copies of Roger's definitive Fish of the Coral Reef throuigh your online Stocklist.

Research Principles

Cairns Marine provides marine specimens for display to enhance people's understanding and appreciation of the marine environment.

R/V Sharp Shooter. Our newest addition to the fleet.

Unseen but always present

Professional divers and dedicated explorers of oceans often relate stories of how they felt "something is watching" while they're in the deep.

Unseen eyes just out of the range of human vision, or camouflaged invisibly in the habitat, it's a reminder that we are the aliens in this amazing other-world.

And it also reminds us of the connections we share with all living beings. A certain kind of communication happens when eyes meet: even when one pair of eyes is behind a sheet of tempered glass and the other pair is gazing through unblinking orbs adapted for the inky depths.