Anyone reading this post will have at least a basic knowledge of coral biology I’d imagine. Many corals host symbiotic algae in their tissues which in return for shelter and useful stuff like carbon dioxide, provide food for the corals. Whilst it is far, far more...
I am constantly fascinated by coral reefs and the various processes that occur on reefs which ensure their growth, survival and, above all, keep on allowing them to support such a staggering diversity of species. Coral reefs are, as we know, constantly growing. ...
Like most folks with a passion for diving and underwater photography I've been going a little stir crazy, something I may have mentioned from time-to-time in recent posts. The curbs on travel that a lot of us are facing mean my only interaction with the underwater...
Taking images underwater is hard. Or should that be: taking good images underwater is hard? Photographers like myself spend a lot of time and money to try to get the best shots we can. Sometimes we seek perfection for its own sake, sometimes we need to get it right...
Climate change really is the gift that keeps on giving when it comes to piling gloomy scenarios upon even gloomier scenarios. Several days ago, a paper published in the journal Scientific Reports chronicles how sharks can be born too early and too young and into seas...
One of the corals I shoot the most isn't really a coral at all. I imagine most folks reading this are familiar with the Millepora genus, but I suspect most of my fellow divers think it's just another coral. The Millepora dichotoma in the image above has a passing...
I've often thought that hermit crabs must be the most abused animals ever to find their way into captivity. As members of that oft-used phrase 'clean-up crew' they are purchased in vast numbers to fulfill a role with little care or consideration. What happens when...
After a recent post about photographing soft corals and using images of a reef full of dendronephthya, I was left with a folder of images on my desktop that really make me itch to be back in the water. When this Coronavirus is over, I shall be on a plane pretty darn...
Think of a wild coral reef and before long you have images of stunningly vivid colors and shoals of brightly-lit fish running through your mind's eye. Well... that's sort of true, especially if you're snorkeling in the tropics over a shallow reef where the full...
Back in 2013 research was published in two separate journals: Biology Letters and BMC Evolutionary Biology, that examined what would appear to be a type of farming practiced by several widely separated species of damselfish from Egypt to the Great Barrier Reef. ...