Brittle stars are covered with thousands of light sensors
This green brittle star knows how to hide by “seeing” with its skin.To learn more about brittle stars and their captive care, read James... Read more.
Plastics linked to coral diseases
Corals in contact with plastic are 22.25 times more likely to get sick!Researchers discovered that the chance of coral disease increased dramatically... Read more.
Coral deathmatches
Match 1: LPS vs SPS. Lobophyllia (left) vs Acropora Match 2: SPS vs SPS. Acropora (left) vs Stylophora Match 3: The heavy weights! ... Read more.
The world’s rarest fish discovered at a new (secret)Â site
Red Handfish (Thymichthys politus)New population of world’s rarest fish discovered off Tasmanian coast (University of Tasmania) A team of divers from... Read more.
Man steals fishes from LFS … by stuffing them down his pants
Cruz Garcia Jr caught in the act.On January 9, 2018, Cruz Garcia Jr entered the LFS with his accomplice, Crystal Dixon. While Dixon distracted... Read more.
This is a real reef crab!
Takedactylus compressus sp. nov.The reason for T. compressus‘ oddly compact and very rectangular body is a mystery. It is the only other... Read more.
By assimiliating with local fish, immigrant fish increase their survival
Sergeant damselfish grewt much faster in mixed shoals in new habitats.Hanging with the locals pays off for tropical invaders By Marea Martlew, University... Read more.
Deepwater jewels! Lipogramma schrieri and L. barrettorum
Lipogramma schrieriThe two new Lipogrammas are currently only known from specimens collected off Curaçao, southern Caribbean at incredible depths of... Read more.
Three new Melanorivulus killifish species from Brazil
These killifishes from the Paraná River Basin were once thought of as variants of single polymorphic species, Melanorivulus pictus, but further field studies have... Read more.
Tetrapod plugs can dramatically improve coral outplanting
Tetropod plugs wedged into coral reefs.One of the biggest problems with coral frag transplantation is that outplanted corals are easily dislodged by... Read more.