by Admin | Apr 25, 2013 | Advanced Aquarist
Scientists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have discovered why Heteroxenia corals pulsate. Their work, which resolves an old scientific mystery, appears in the current issue of PNAS. by Admin | Apr 25, 2013 | Advanced Aquarist
Coral reefs are stressed the world over and could be in mortal danger because of climate change. But why do some corals die and others not, even when exposed to the same environmental conditions? An interdisciplinary research team from Northwestern University and The Field Museum of Natural History has a surprising answer. by Admin | Apr 23, 2013 | Advanced Aquarist
Our staff is busy prepping our next magazine article to publish tomorrow: A featured reef aquarium from the UK that is guaranteed to impress fish and coral lovers alike. To whet your appetite for reef eye candy, here is a video of another beautiful aquarium: The Italian reef of 'Gionanni57.' by Admin | Apr 22, 2013 | Advanced Aquarist
How might you ask? It all boils down to the squid beak's physical properties and how it attaches to soft tissue. by Admin | Apr 22, 2013 | Advanced Aquarist
Richard Wright won two common goldfish at a 1977 Gloucestershire funfair. He named the pair Splish and Splash, not expecting them to survive more than a few months. But they did, and they kept on living to become the UK's oldest goldfish. Sadly, Splish passed away earlier this month, leaving Splash all alone for the first time in over three decades. by Admin | Apr 19, 2013 | Advanced Aquarist
A new research published this month finds that cobia, a large tropical fish, have remarkable resistance to end-of-century acidification projections. However, even mild acidification changes their physiology. Like previous studies which found acidification effects the hearing of clownfish, cobia's inner ear changes significantly when they are raised in higher CO2 concentrations.
