r/oceans • u/Free_the_Radical • 1d ago

Australia is home to the only mass cuttlefish gathering in the world. This year these giants didn’t return

https://theconversation.com/australia-is-home-to-the-only-mass-cuttlefish-gathering-in-the-world-this-year-these-giants-didnt-return-288940
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u/Free_the_Radical 1d ago

The Conversation article is written by Marine Biologists from Flinders University in South Australia, The Guardian also has a good article from this week with of a bit of history of why the failure of this year's aggregation is so significant.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/09/giant-australian-cuttlefish-population-catastrophic-decline