Amazing Basket Stars
I have a massive fondness for basket stars, their fractally configured, furled structure is highly appealing: each arm branching into smaller and smaller versions... Read more.
Dr. Mac’s Black Friday Live Sale
Black Friday is fondly known as the day when people lose their minds and beat each other senseless for a $10 discount on a TV. Not feeling up for the USA’s... Read more.
How free-living corals survive on the sand
Photo by Paul Asman and Jill Lenoble.Not as simple as it looks When a Herpolitha limax (AKA plate coral) is fully buried by sand and needs to raise itself,... Read more.
Two lovely new killifish and one ugly duckling
Spectrolebias bellidoi, male. From Bolivia, South America. Photo by G. Dethu.The three new annual fish (fish whose entire life cycle lasts only one... Read more.
Japanese paludariumÂ
The below-water section isn’t quite as impressive as the above-water section, but overall the exhibit is very well done with all its jagged nooks and crannies... Read more.
LA underworld features 5,500 gallon suspended aquarium
The blue chair or the red chair?According to their website, Mrs. Fish is a Los Angeles “downtown underground venue that brings together carefully... Read more.
Damselfish emit chemicals to escape predator by attracting more predators
Photo by Oona LönnstedtStrangely enough, the study does not identify the “alarm cue” chemical, but we suspect it may be chondroitin. ... Read more.
Two new Apistogramma are definitely beautiful
The two new cichlids are described from Northern Peru in the journal Vertebrate Zoology (an open access paper with more photos and details worth reading). Journal... Read more.
New Shark Detection Technology Plan In Australia This Summer
Sydney, Australia’s beaches saw an increase in shark attacks in 2015. In 2014, the area had 3 shark attacks, while in 2015, there were 13 attacks. The government... Read more.
Farm to table reef feeding (a breakthrough in captive reef nutrition?)
Feeding doesn’t get the attention it deserves. It gets a lot of attention, but it’s something that still feels like a self-evident part of reef keeping. As Rod... Read more.