A contender for this year’s “Lousy Idea” Award
So yeah … this exists. Juvenile Midori pufferfish (Tetraodon nigroviridis) are housed in small, sealed cups waiting for players to “catch” them.... Read more.
Really giant clams
Gigas clams can achieve over 48″ (120cm) in length and weigh more than 600lbs (270kg). Clams this massive act like little complete reef structures of... Read more.
Natural zebrafish outcompete Glofish for mates
Glofish are genetically modified fish with a range of fluorescent pigmentation. Photo courtesy of Carolina Biological Supply CompanyWe wanted to title... Read more.
Chrysiptera caesifrons: A new reef damselfish
Chrysiptera caesifrons from Solomon Islands. Photo by G.R. Allen.Just how wide is its distribution? The new species is primarily restricted to the southwestern... Read more.
Feeding Acropora helps them handle elevated temperatures and CO2
Click on the image for a larger and clearer version of the infographic.From the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science: Study... Read more.
This crazy pleco can scale vertical walls!
Here is a video of the pleco doing its best Spiderman impersonation. Water is cascading down the nearly vertical wall, making the climb that much more impressive... Read more.
A crab that burrows in your brain has been identified
If you see craters like these in your stony corals, there’s a good chance there’s a gall crab in there.Unlike the new, gorgeous, deep-water... Read more.
Vintage bronze-framed nano aquarium
This 13 x 14.75 x 20 inch aquarium (roughly 16 gallons) features not one but three bow-front glass panels with a flat rear glass panel. The back panel does... Read more.
Cercamia melanogaster is your newest described cardinalfish
The Blackbelly Cardinalfish (M.V. Erdmann)Cercamia melanogaster is described from West Papua, Indonesia from a “dark crevice on a near-vertical... Read more.
Rambo, the Octographer
Say “cheese!”Rambo is the world’s first professional shutterbug. Aquarium staff at the Sea Life Aquarium trained one of their... Read more.