Marine Fish Poop — A Major Calcium Carbonate Mud Source?
Fish carbonate production schematic.Published on March 8th in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers Chris Perry, Michael ... Read more.
MASNA $2500 Student Scholarship Available
Marine Aquarium Societies of North AmericaIf you are a student either entering or are currently attending an accredited North American college or un... Read more.
Stay Updated with Advanced Aquarist for the Latest News
Stay connected with Advanced Aquarist!Since going live with our new website, we’ve had a lot of interest in knowing how to keep abreast of our... Read more.
Reef Threads — A Podcast You Should Be Listening To Every Week
Reef Threads – Discussing Issues that Affect the Reef Aquarium HobbyI started listening to the Reef Threads podcast two to three months ago, e... Read more.
Do Sperm Whales Have Names? Â Possibly…
Sperm Whale, Photo cianc/Flickr CCThe research is very preliminary and up to this point is based on only three whales, but researchers Luke Rendell,... Read more.
Indo-Pacific Acropora and Porites Growth Anomalies Strongly Related to Human Population Size and Host Density
Porites Growth Anomaly, PLoS ONEIn this particular study, the scientists broadly modeled these two genera and included factors such as sea surface t... Read more.
Parrotfish, Surgeonfish, and other Weed-Eaters Vital to Reef Survival
Parrotfish / Matthew HoelscherDr Andrew Hoey and Professor David Bellwood at Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies and James Cook University h... Read more.
Sylvia Earle’s 2009 TED Prize Talk on Saving the World’s Oceans
Sylvia A. Earle, Mission Blue. Photo by Doc SearlsFor those of you unfamiliar with Sylvia Earle, she is a world-renowned oceanographer whom The New ... Read more.
Could a Coral Reef Cyanobacterium Aid Treating Serious Bone Fractures and Disease in Humans?
Photo by Aldo Croquer. AAOLM, February 2008 Issue.As if we didn’t already know that our imperilled reefs are important to save, a tiny cyanoba... Read more.
Crocheting a Coral Reef – One Stitch at a Time
Photo by Margaret Wertheim. CC Attribution 2.0 Generic LicenseGrowing up, I had a neighbor that would take her knitting with her everywhere. B... Read more.