It seems that every diving destination I visit boasts an ‘Anemone City’ or ‘Nemo City’ somewhere within reach of its boats or on its house reef. I think it’s something to tick of the list of ‘things dive centers must be able to offer.’ It’s [...]
By any definition, the Great Barrier Reef off Australia’s Queensland coast has had a hard time of it recently. Outbreaks of Crown of Thorns Stars, unprecedented levels of bleaching (some reports say 30% of the coral has been damaged or lost), along with outwash from recent floods have [...]
It is often suggested that aquarists offer tangs the occasional piece of meaty food, despite the fact that they are commonly considered to be herbivorous. I always used to wonder at this advice, thinking to myself that I had seen countless numbers of tangs in the wild, yet they were always, [...]
We all know that the wrasses, or Labridae family, are some of the most widespread and diverse of fishes. I’ve photographed them in just about every environment I’ve ever dived in and I always find them fascinating to watch; they’re always on the move, be it searching for [...]
It’s been a while since I’ve seen Oxymonacanthus longirostris in the wild, but the first thing that struck me was just how hard they are to spot, especially for a fish that’s bright orange and turquoise. It is all down to camouflage of course; if you’ve never seen the harlequin [...]
A piece of research published in the journal Marine Biology asked just that question. A student, Jacob Eurich from UC Santa Barbara, was studying damsels in the Coral Triangle region, Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea to be exact, when he made some interesting [...]
I shared some images of Caribbean Pomacanthids a little earlier, so I thought I’d better balance things out with some angels from the Red Sea region. My first is one of my favorite fish and one that I knew the name of well before I ever became interested in diving or aquaria, a [...]
I find pomacanthids, a genus of large angelfish, to be some of the most engaging fish to be around; they have a way of cruising around the reef and exploring their surroundings that suggests a great degree of awareness and even intelligence. They are naturally wary of diver,s and underwater [...]