You don’t really get to see many tanks coming out of Australia so I am very humbled at the opportunity for Advanced Aquarist to feature my aquarium.
At first when I was contacted to do an article I was a little hesitant and worried that my tank, being so young at only 11 months compared to many you see featured around the globe, may not be quite up to the standard.…
3d printed cityscapes for your favorite hermit crab.
Artist Aki Inomata took Project Shellter and hand-blown glass hermit crab shells to the next level, producing some amazingly detailed cityscapes in resin using a 3D printer.
My name is Bryn and I’m an alcoholic… oops… sorry wrong AA article! In all seriousness my true addiction is to this hugely rewarding, massively frustrating and at times, all-consuming hobby of ours.…
a Terpios hoshinota overgrowing large patches of coral colonies at the reef of Dapur Island, off Jakarta, Java, August 2, 2011 (5°55′22.8″S, 106°43′23.0″E). b Close-up of the sponge overgrowing the coral Montipora sp.
Illustration by Santtu Mustonen. Background photo courtesy of the NOAA.
The sponge’s name is Smenospongia aurea. It ranges from a tan to green coloration and oftentimes grows in massive colonies with oscular mounds or openings where water passes through the sponge’s structure.
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First of all, what is TONMOCON? TONMOCON is a biannual conference where cephalopod lovers come together to share information about cephalopods and their keeping. As mentioned above, the event is to be held at the California Academy of Sciences on October 18-20, 2013.
Student team members from the Virginia Tech’s National Science Foundation Center for Energy Harvesting Materials and Systems (CEHMS) test a 5-foot wide jellyfish-like robot under water at War Memorial Hall.
According to a recent paper in Marine Policy, researchers place the number of sharks finned each year at 100 million, almost three per second. In contrast, sharks killed a grand total of 12 people in 2012.
Squid in a fish market. Photo by Jeremy Keith / Flickr.
The squid in question measured 3 feet long and was caught off Guangdong province, China, by local fishermen. The surprise was not found until later, when a fishmonger began cutting the squid open for sale in the fish market in Jiaoling county.
Photo and MRI scan reveals anatomy of two-headed shark. Credit: Michael Wagner, MSU
The above specimen was found in an adult bull shark by fishermen in the Gulf of Mexico on April 7, 2011. According to Michigan State University researchers, this is the first recorded instance of a two-headed bull shark, although two-headed specimens of other sharks have been found in the past.