By Frederick Feraco Located in Huntington Station, NY, the Walt Whitman High School science research program is for 9-12 grade students interested in research. This program provides students with opportunities to further develop their independent science research...
By Tim Morrissey, Senior Aquarist Omaha, Nebraska might not be your typical destination for viewing coral reefs, with the nearest coral reefs occurring 110 miles south of the Texas-Louisiana border, but tucked away in the middle of the country, at Omaha’s Henry Doorly...
By Nathalie Winans Tech-heavy reef systems are all the rage these days. Tanks everywhere are loaded with hardware and software—lighting that replicates tropical weather patterns, automatic feeders and top-offs, media reactors, controllers and apps that give you remote...
By Kathy Leahy I could hardly believe my eyes when I saw that little fish swimming in a ten-gallon tank in my St. Louis, Missouri home. It was a juvenile fish I had raised from a collection of freshly hatched larvae, a gift from my friend Tom Priscu. On that July day...
By Peter Blagojevic It has long been a belief to many that reefing in Australia would be so much easier as we have access to the largest reef in the world. Sadly, this couldn’t be further from the truth. Shipping costs, import duties and our average Australian dollar...
By Alyssa Gabriel Seahorse Savvy is a seahorse hatchery located on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, owned and operated by two biologists, Kyle Martin and myself. We produce thousands of captive bred seahorses every year. Seahorse Savvy is partnered with Pacific East...
By David Bowers The snow may be blowing and the outside temperature hovering near zero, but you would never know that walking into the marine biology lab at Bellevue High School in Bellevue, Ohio. Walking in to this lab you are greeted with the subtle aroma of low...
By C. M. Schwim Seawater is the lifeblood of our marine aquariums. Some aquarists near the coast can obtain natural seawater (NSW) for their aquariums, but most of us rely on artificial seawater (ASW) made from component salts, in the appropriate amounts, added to...
By Adrian Shirk ( © 2016 Shirk, as first published on TheMorningNews.com ) In the early morning of October 1st, 2007, a volunteer for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife approached the sturgeon pond at the Bonneville Dam and found it empty. There was no...
By John Parkinson I dove into the ocean and immediately regretted my decision. It was a hot day in June of 2011, and I was wearing too much neoprene. My SCUBA gear was appropriate for the rivers and quarries of the frigid northeast where I’d been working on my PhD,...