Ecotourism significantly alters the behavior of the southern stingray
Southern stingray off the coast of Belize.Stingray City is an ecotourist attraction in the Cayman Islands where an estimated 1 million tourists visi... Read more.
Irishman makes rare catch: a red scorpionfish
Red scorpionfish. Photo by Silke Baron / Flickr.Peter Lynch and his crew were fishing for cod and rays in the sea off Co Waterford when an unex... Read more.
Citizen scientists just as effective as trained scientists
Emperor Angelfish (Pomacanthus imperator). Photo by Brian Gratwicke / Flickr.Research published today in the journal Methods in Ecology and Evolutio... Read more.
Fluorescent light revealed as gauge of coral health
Representative Acropora yongei samples. Each sample includes an image under white light (left panel) and blue light (excitation 470±40 nm and longpass emission... Read more.
Massive 3000-gallon jellyfish aquarium to open
The massive aquarium stands 18-feet high and is 6-feet in diameter.The enormous aquarium will measure 18-feet tall by 6-feet in diameter and will ho... Read more.
60,000 crown-of-thorns starfish removed from the Great Barrier Reef
Ugly, poisonous, and eats coral. Photo by Ewen Roberts / Flickr.These scourges of the reef were removed from Lizard Island and Cairns as well as poc... Read more.
Scientists create new maps depicting potential worldwide coral bleaching by 2056
MIAMI – February 25, 2013 — In a study published today in Nature Climate Change researchers used the latest emissions scenarios and climate models to s... Read more.
How much protection is enough?
Bicolor angelfish (Centropyge bicolor) in foreground. Fiji. 2008. Photographer: Julie Bedford, NOAA PA.Protection of marine areas from fishing incr... Read more.
MACNA 2013 is kid-friendly
2011 SPG Members Favorite List: Best Family ExperienceFor those of you thinking about bringing your entire family to MACNA 2013, have no fear. The W... Read more.
Spot and stripe patterns on butterflyfish: Are they really useful?
Four-eyed Butterflyfish (Chaetodon capistratus). Photo by Brian Gratwicke / Flickr.Published this week in the Proceedings of the Royal B, researcher... Read more.