Here's to 2015's most famous shark, the "left shark'. It is certainly seeing to its 15 minutes of fame appropriately. The Left Shark was all the news at this year's super bowl, and Katy Perry and her lawyers shut down any impostors earlier this year. They have now...
Carnival Cruise line has 'donated' $100,000.00 to the Magic Reef Restoration Project. This could be the first of many such donations. This most likely stems from talks between Cayman Island Government officials with the Cruise line regarding an incident which took...
Researchers have traveled to the Middle East, to study coral in some of the Worlds hottest coral reefs, to see how they withstand such temperatures. Having lived in the Middle East for many years myself, and doing countless reef dives there, the water was some of the...
Eugenie Clark passed away at 92 in Sarasota, Florida on Wednesday. Clark's extensive research on sharks earned her the nickname 'shark lady'. From 1950 onward, she worked to dispel the public's fear and the myths surrounding sharks. Her achievements to the marine...
Kia Rizzuto, a 16 year old native of New York, reeled in a 1058 pound Blue Marlin off the Kona Coast of Hawaii. The fish was estimated an an impressive 14 feet long and was just 300 pounds short of breaking the International Game Fish Associations record for biggest...
The Florida Aquarium in Tampa, Florida is looking to collaborate with The National Aquarium of Havana to come together to help protect coral reefs. The Florida Aquarium has delivered a memorandum of understanding for joint research to the National Aquarium of Havana....
Mo'orea, a volcanic island in French Polynesia, will soon be captured in a computer model that will allow its users to track climate change and the effect of human habits on the island. The Mo'orea Island Digital Ecosystem Avator (Mo'orea IDEA) will take into account...
The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration(NOAA) is calling for plans to enlarge the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary in the Gulf of Mexico. The new plan is proposing to expand current sanctuary size up to five times it's current size, from...
Scientists at the University of South Florida have come up with a device that will allow users to determine if that pricey restaurant fish is actually what is purports to be. The average diner probably would be unable to tell the difference between a pricey...
Scientists in the Florida Keys have new groundbreaking potential method to restore dying coral reefs. These scientists are attempting life saving transplants for the Florida Keys reefs. The scientists are grafting new corals onto dying reefs. The growth rate of the...