The ultimate vacation destination for reef lovers?
A bedroom with a view like no other!
This is “The Muraka” at Conrad Maldives Rangali Island. Each private villa is elevated atop Ma... Read more.
The blue-throated fairy wrasse: a new species
Cirrhilabrus cyanogularis, aquarium specimen from Sulawesi, Indonesia. Photo by K. Endoh.
Cirrhilabrus cyanogularis closely resembles Cirrhilabrus r... Read more.
Schooling fish expend less energy due to flow dynamics
A school of Bluestripe snappers. Photo by Jim and Becca Wicks
Schools of fish provide a fascinating example of collective behaviour in which... Read more.
New fun fact: Corals can produce omega-3 fatty acids
Omega-3s made by many marine animals, including corals, worms and molluscs
A major discovery that could “revolutionise” the understanding o... Read more.
A new, slender Aussie rainbow fish species
Cairnsichthys bitaeniatus sp. nov
Cairnsichthys is a genus of rainbowfish that is endemic to a small area within the Wet Tropics bioregion of north-e... Read more.
Microbe populations in saltwater aquariums highly dynamic
Georgia Aquarium’s massive Ocean Voyager exhibit – as big as it is – is still an aquarium.
While the Ocean Voyager exhibit is absol... Read more.
Hermit crabs that blanket themselves with anemones instead of shells
Paguropsis confusa (left) andPaguropsis andersoni
Five new blanket-hermit crab species described 130 years later from the Pacific
Since 1888, a lone ... Read more.
Forecasting the fate of corals
An Australian Acropora millepora. Photo by Michelle Jonker
With a recent alarming report that as much as half of the corals on Australia’s Gre... Read more.