‘Tis the season: More daytime spawning in Hawaii!
Spawning cauliflower coral (Pocillopora meandrina) within the Shark Island lagoon, French Frigate Shoals, part of the Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge ... Read more.
Two C.earlei Fairy Wrasses available stateside, but with a hitch
Cirrhilabrus earlei “pair” for sale at Pacific Island AquaticsThe problem is the specimens being sold as a “pair” are both m... Read more.
Happy World Oceans Day
photo by James WisemanThe United Nations Secretary-General designates this year’s theme as: Our Oceans: Greening Our Future Here are some id... Read more.
Reefs are aglow with fluorescence!
The fluorescence of what appears to be a Plate Coral (possibly Fungia sp). (c) Keith EllenbogenWhat is fluorescence?Adam Blundell, M.S. writes ab... Read more.
Filefish sleep by anchoring itself to SPS with its teeth
Filefish anchoring itself to Acropora with its teeth. And yes, that is a Purple Tang in the background.Reef fish come up with ingenious methods to ... Read more.
NOAA forecasts no major bleaching events in 2011
Healthy reefs at Port Ghalib, Egypt. Photo by J. Hutsch, Wikimedia CommonsA few days ago, we reported that researchers observed no bleaching events... Read more.
Living Color’s 9,000 gallon cylinder artificial reef aquarium
Living Color’s 9,000 Gallon Cylinder Tank Location: Corporate Headquarters Building in Raleigh, North Carolina Dimensions: 26′H x 8′ Diam... Read more.
No coral bleaching this year in the Gulf of MannarÂ
Pocillopora sp.Scientists attribute the complete lack of observed coral bleaching to the intermittent rains in the region. The rainfall has br... Read more.
Saving corals with viruses?
Bleached staghorn coral in Indonesia’s Banda Sea, the site of extensive recent reef damage. Photo by Stephen FrinkUsing viruses to fight bact... Read more.
In life’s darkest hour, plankton saves the day
65 million year old planktonic cyst as viewed through electron microscopy.For a century following the asteroid impact 65 million years ago, the plan... Read more.