Highlights These stories highlight some of the important activities that AIMS undertakes throughout a typical year AIMS @ JCU - A model partnership AIMS helps tsunami recovery Ancient mangrove forests discovered under reef Climate change and the Great Barrier Reef Cloning marine DNA to supply ‘drugs from the sea’ Deadly stingers identified Expedition reveals methane bubbling from the Timor Sea Mixing models aid reef conservation world-wide Molecular and microbiological approaches to track environmental degradation Open Day 2005 Reef chorus strikes a chord with baby fish Researchers tail whale sharks beyond Ningaloo