Stunning chalk pastel fish portraits
About the artist in his own words: I was born and raised in Africa. The bush is in my blood, and for as long as I can remember that is where I have found... Read more.
GlennF’s 1500 liter reef using his “DSR Method”Â
GlennF’s 400 gallon “DSR” reefGlennF’s display tank measures 250x80x58cm (~100x32x23″), which equates to roughly 320 US... Read more.
How fish swim
Researchers have revealed some of the mechanical properties that allow undulatory fish to move so intricately, including vorticity (shown above), the rotational... Read more.
UCI researchers find sea anemone venom-derived compound effective in anti-obesity studies
Photo by ‘coda’ (c.c.)Irvine, CA & Seattle, WA — Scientists at UC Irvine reported this week that a synthetic compound ShK-186, originally... Read more.
Monterey Bay Aquarium to suspend collection/display of great white sharks
The first successful great white shark in captivity at MBA. Photo by Brocken InagloryIn 2004, MBA became the first aquarium to keep a great white shark... Read more.
Pacific Sun opens beta testing for Mac OS XÂ
Pacific Sun Mac OS software beta version 1.5Mac users can download the beta software at: http://www.Pacific-Sun.eu/download/mac_beta15/PacificSun_Beta_1.5.app.zip. ... Read more.
Play with interactive squid skin online
Squid chromophores, real and programmed.Using the programming language Processing, he succeeded. According to Kemper, the initial version was made... Read more.
This is why you DO NOT build tanks like this
Photo by Debbie Egan-Chin/New York Daily NewsAccording to the New York Daily News, the white tip shark died from injuries after colliding with the ... Read more.
New fluorescent protein from eel revolutionizes key clinical assay
When blue light is shone on it, this eel glows green — and the molecule that lets it do the trick is unlike any other found in living organisms.Unagi,... Read more.
Rutgers Findings May Predict the Future of Coral Reefs in a Changing World
Credit: Assaf ZvuloniIn a publication in Current Biology, Tali Mass and her colleagues at the Rutgers Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences show that... Read more.