2016
- Conversation article on alternatives to shark nets for reducing shark attack risk with Dr Charlie Huveneers
- Independent testing by UWA researchers finds that camouflaged wetsuits produced by Shark Mitigation Systems using design criteria provided by Nathan (whilst working at UWA) are less attractive to white sharks
- Study comparing vision in saltwater and freshwater crocodiles conducted by PhD student Nicholas Nagloo (UWA) published in the Journal of Experimental Biology and covered by the BBC
2015
- Conversation article on surfboard colour following Mick Fanning’s close encounter with a shark
- Nathan appeared in the SBS Insight episode ‘Shark!’, filmed in Ballina NSW in September. It was humbling to meet and hear the experiences of people whose lives have been deeply affected by shark attack
- Nine News report of our investigation into the possibility that shark attacks occur when humans, especially surfers, are mistaken for natural prey such as seals, in collaboration with Taronga Zoo
2014
- Conversation article describing our recent discovery that many sharks are cone monochromats and thus probably completely colour blind
- Our research on shark senses and shark deterrents is featured in the PBS/NOVA documentary ‘Why Sharks Attack’
2013
- Our research on novel shark deterrent technologies is featured in the National Geographic documentary ‘Australia’s Deadliest: Shark Coast’
- The Smithsonian put together a list of the Top Ten Shark Stories of the last year and three of these were publications by researchers from our lab
Neurobiology Lab 