New ways to measure fish personality
Blood parrot cichlids are a captive bred fish with big personalities.Aquaculture experts from the University of Stirling and the Institute for Food... Read more.
Corals and zooxanthallae: A 210 million year old relationship
This polished fossil slab used in the study dates to more than 210 million years ago and contains well-preserved symbiotic corals. The fossils were collected ... Read more.
Where your corals are collected matters
Porites astreoides with Spirobranchus giganteus (Xmas Tree Worms). Photo by Marie StraderThe findings of the study shouldn’t surprise reefkeep... Read more.
The puffiest pufferfish
Fat angry chipmunck? Pokemon? Nope. A puffed dogface puffer.Just look at this face. It may look comical and adorable, but remember that thi... Read more.
A much-needed balanced perspective about the marine aquarium trade
Photograph by Michaela Clemence. Via National GeographicNational Geographic is now conducting a poll for their People’s Choice for Adventurer... Read more.
That odor Acros give off when out of water
Corals exposed to air during low tide smell bad … but for a good reason.While the smell of corals is a combination of chemicals (coral reefs a... Read more.
A new Papiliolebias killifish
Papiliolebias habluetzeliFrom 1989 to 2009, Papiliolebias was a monotypic (single species) genus. Every couple of years starting 2009, a new s... Read more.
Pet shop sold goldfish with “nose” rings
Fish with nose rings rescued by PFA India.As reported by the Times of India, a concerned citizen notified People for Animals (PFA), an organization ... Read more.
A new, incredible 4K time-lapse reef video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsGKc50CUc8... Read more.
Breaking up the spike-fin fairy wrasse “family” – Two new fairy wrasse species
NEW SPECIES: Cirrhilabrus rubeus. Photo by H. Tanaka.Advances in technology have allowed taxonomists to more accurately define organisms as distinc... Read more.