Hagfish slimes shark and other fish with gill-choking mucus [video]
A close-up of the jaws of a hagfish.There’s some debate in the scientific community whether hagfish are actually true fish as they have a skull... Read more.
Project Shellter: 3D printed shells for your pet hermit crab?
A hermit crab poses with a white 3D printed shell to the left.Project Shellter, devised by Miles Lightwood, artist-in-residence at the Makerbot Botcave... Read more.
Inter-species hunting: groupers and moray eels team up for the chase [videos]
Gouper and moray working together to get a meal.In a paper published in PLoS ONE, researchers Redouan Bshary, Andrea Hohner, Karim Ait-el-Djoudi, and... Read more.
Extreme pumpkin carving for the extreme reef aquarist
Cthulhu PumpkinOne thing my boys like about this time of year is pumpkin carving – scooping the guts out, creating the faces, and lighting them in... Read more.
Parrotfish feeding on coral polyps help spread needed zooxanthellae
Stoplight Parrotfish, Roatan 2009. Photo by Marc AuMarc / Flickr.Reservoirs of zooxanthellae around a coral reef are vital for coral larvae settlement.... Read more.
Attack of the Killer Seaweed
Top photo is of a rarely fished reef. Bottom photo after seaweed begins its invasion. Photo Credit: E. Hunter Hay (top); I. P. Markham (bottom)In order... Read more.
Making your own aquarium decorations
One interesting company showcasing products at MACNA 2011 in Des Moines, IA was Smooth-On, a manufacturer of custom liquid rubbers, plastics, foams, and products... Read more.
Reef Threads interviews Richard Ross and Matt Wandell of the Steinhart Aquarium
Philippine Coral Reef gallery. Photo by Shubert Ciencia / FlickrAs always, another great podcast was published this past Sunday by Gary and Christine. In... Read more.
Lone upside-down jellyfish found surrounded by over 200Â babies
Cassiopeia sp. upside-down jellyfish. Photo by Chris Hind in the Florida KeysThe staff is still at a loss for how this happened. Some staff members at... Read more.
Fighting Fire with Fire: Saving Corals from Bacteria with Bacteria
Photo by ‘scubaben’In August of 2011, researchers confirmed a bacterium from human excrement, Serratia marcescens, is responsible for White... Read more.