I think most everyday folk have a very limited concept of what worms are. In the UK they’re the unattractive, albeit useful, crawly things that starlings spend their days dragging out of lawns. Nothing to really get excited about in most cases. Underwater folk recognize that there are some worms [...]
New fossil evidence shows that at least one early turtle relative evolved their characteristic beaks before their shells, according to a report in Nature. “This creature was over six feet long, it had a strange disc-like body and a long tail, and the anterior part of its jaws developed into [...]
Crown of thorns starfish alone might not represent an existential threat to the Great Barrier Reef, but given the damage done by storms, local damage from development, agricultural run off and of course temperature induced bleaching, the GBR needs all the help it can get. Meet RangerBot, the latest [...]
Whenever you see ‘digitatum’ in a binomial you can be assured that something about the organism can be described [...]
I came across this piece of research news in my news feed a few days back. It seems some species of coral actively team up to capture jellyfish prey.The coral Astroides calycularis, a bright orange species found in Mediterranean caves, was observed in caves off Sicily by researchers. The [...]
It’s been a long time since I have owned an aquarium. I enjoyed being an aquarist, but I look back on some of my purchasing decisions with regret. I often, especially in the early days, bought fish that were unsuitable for captivity. Humbug Damsels were one of them. The fist LFS I ever [...]
One of my earliest memories is being taken by my dad to see fossil shells in rocks, not far from my home in the north of England. At the [...]
Many divers and photographers consider sandy bottoms something to get past as quickly as possible, to get to the more interesting corals, or seagrass, or, well… anything other than an expanse of sand. The thing is, there are many species that can be found in this habitat, you just have to [...]