National Aquarium completes its 260,000 gallon Blacktip Reef renovation
The new Blacktip Reef exhibit at the National Aquarium in Baltimore, MD (USA)The new Blacktip Reef exhibit will give aquarium-goers views of reef life... Read more.
Reef fish are products of their environment
Juvenile Stegastes diencaeus. Photo by Laszlo IlyesPredator-induced changes in the growth of eyes and false eyespots by Oona M. Lönnstedt, Mark I.... Read more.
Clownfish bobs out of water to dine!
Hand-feeding your fish is a rewarding interactive experience in and of itself, but when they leap out of the water to snatch their meal from your hands… holy... Read more.
New Chalice Coral Described
Echinophyllia taraeThe new species Echinophyllia tarae is described from the remote and poorly studied Gambier Islands, French Polynesia. Although... Read more.
Volkswagen’s underwater shark cage car
To be honest, it doesn’t look very safe to us; VW seems to have skimped on tubular aluminum in critical areas, leaving huge spaces for sharks’ to fit... Read more.
A coral symbiont genome decoded for first time [video]
The Marine Genomics Unit of OIST has decoded the genome of the algae Symbiodinium minutum.Coral reefs have enormous ecological and economic importance... Read more.
Smithsonian finds color patterns in fish larvae may reveal relationships among species
While the adult forms of these five labriformes species look different from one another as adults, here in their larval stage they are all very similar. A: Halichoeres... Read more.
First evidence of corals feeding on seagrasses
Oulastrea crispata. Mainland Japan. With tentacles extended. Takeshi Okamoto.It is well known that seagrass beds can provide significant benefits to... Read more.
Have we mentioned the Red Sea is AWESOME?
Blue Eye FX Productions shot and produced this “Red Sea in Motion” video series for Four Seasons Resort in Sharm el Sheikh and Sinai Blues Diving Center... Read more.
US Navy jettisons bombs over Great Barrier Reef MPA
Two USN AV-8B fighter planes jettisoned four bombs over the GBR this month. The bombs did not explode.The fighter planes were forced to jettison their... Read more.