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‘Living library’: inside the marine biobanks racing to protect ocean species from extinction

Australia’s biobanks store everything from seeds of native plants to the cells and tissue of threatened animal species

In the mudflats of Swan Bay, Victoria, royal spoonbills sweep their paddle-shaped bills through shallow water. Nearby, under the grass-covered roof of the Queenscliff marine research centre, a team of scientists from Deakin University are trying to bring the ecosystems those birds and many others rely on back from the brink.

Some of that involves associate professor Prue Francis’s beakers – filled with bubbling brown gunk – that are bathed in red light inside a fridge equipped with sensors, alarms and a backup generator.

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Marine life May 4, 2026 ‘Living library’: inside the marine biobanks racing to protect ocean species from extinction Australia’s biobanks store everything from seeds of native plants to the cells and tissue of threatened animal speciesIn the mudflats of Swan Bay, Victoria, royal spoonbills sweep their paddle-shaped bills through sha...

‘Living library’: inside the marine biobanks racing to protect ocean species from extinction

Australia’s biobanks store everything from seeds of native plants to the cells and tissue of threatened animal speciesIn the mudflats of Swan Bay, Victoria, royal spoonbills sweep their paddle-shaped bills through sha...

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