The iGills hardware case housing an iPhone.
If you do a lot of diving (and I’m certain that a number of our readers do) and love your iPhone, iGills may scratch an itch allowing you to take your iPhone on your dives and share that information with all of your friends.
Bleached Pocilloporid coral during 1997-98 El Nino.
A new study by scientists at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science shows that corals may be more severely impacted by climate warming when they contain too many symbiotic algae.
This is the new coral species living on the ceilings of caves in tropical coral reefs.
Coral specialist Dr. Bert W. Hoeksema of Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden, The Netherlands, recently published the description of a new coral species that lives on the ceilings of caves in Indo-Pacific coral reefs.
If you have ever been stung by a jellyfish or coral you’ve already encountered one of these – a nematocyst.
Many of you may remember seeing anatomical relief models while at the doctor, dentist, or even in biology class.
Robo Fish, made by Takara Tomy Arts, wants to replace your clownfish with a robot version.
Maintaining a nice saltwater aquariums is hard work. You have to perform regular water changes, maintain the protein skimmer, pumps, heaters, regularly replace lights, make sure the temperature, pH, salinity, calcium, etc.
Crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci) off the coast of Navini Island, Fiji.
Friday, I wrote about how Member of Parliament Bob Katter wanted to place a $10 bounty on every crown-of-thorns starfish as an added incentive for recreational divers to kill these dreaded reef predators.
The deadly crown-of-thorns starfish devours stony corals in its path.
Just days after a paper explaining how the Great Barrier Reef has lost over half of its coral in the last 27 years (pdf), MP Bob Katter wants to pay public divers to help control this scourge of the reef.
Mat zoanthid or rubber coral, Palythoa tuberculosa, which is highly toxic, producing one of the most toxic non-peptide substances known. The toxin is produced by symbiotic bacteria. Photo by Derek Keats / Flickr.
MACNA 2013 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
The upcoming MACNA 2013 will mark 25 years of the Marine Aquarium Conference of North America’s yearly conference where reefkeepers from across the world come together to check out the latest equipment, hear great speakers, and spend time with old friends and new.
Also known as the Panama Blenny and Large-Banded Blenny (Ophioblennius steindachneri), this small fish was perched on a rock at Machete dive site in the Coiba National Park, Panama. Photo by LASZLO ILYES / Flickr.