When a Coral isn’t a Coral
Despite looking like corals, housing photosynthetic zooxanthellae, and creating a calcareous skeleton like ‘true’ corals, the Fire Corals, Milleporidae... Read more.
Rad Reefs on the Big Island of Hawaii
Aloha Mai Kakou, Exploring coastlines and finding underwater creatures has been a passion of mine since childhood.  Growing up in coastal Florida, I kept what... Read more.
Heat Resistant Coral found in the Northern Red Sea
I think we all know that the oceans are warming, we might argue about the cause, though I think I’ll side with the vast majority of scientists who show that the... Read more.
Meet the Crocodile Fish, a bizarre member of the Scorpionfish family
I just uploaded a post about camouflage in scorpionfish and thought I’d share a few pictures and facts about one of the oddest looking fish I’ve ever come across... Read more.
The Scorpionfish – a master of camouflage, but not always
I’ve long been fascinated by fish that can ‘tune’ their coloration to their surroundings. Some of the finest adepts of the art are the Scorpionfish of the... Read more.
Three Amazing Anemones From the Cold UK Seas
Over the years I’ve written a few posts about how the cold and often stormy seas of my native land can be every bit as rich as far flung exotic locations. ... Read more.
The Fish That Gets you Drunk
Yep, you read it correctly…there is a fish that gets you drunk! Now, I’m not talking about some amiable critter that takes you into a bar and lines up some... Read more.
UK will ban Plastic Microbeads
A number of countries have now banned, or indicate that they will ban, plastic microbeads, the pesky little pieces of plastic that are used as exfoliants and scrubs... Read more.
What is Ghost Fishing?
To put it simply: ghost fishing is what happens when discarded fishing gear continues to fish. Of all the rubbish that we fill our oceans with, I think discarded... Read more.
‘Coral Lords’
We are psyched to share that Colin provided the spoken word intro to the song ‘Coral Lords’ from Animal Collective member Avey Tare‘s beautiful new album,... Read more.