Mozambique Channel Lends insight into Bleaching Events
In an ongoing effort to understand the effects of ocean warming scientists have made yet another breakthrough in determining which reefs are more susceptible to... Read more.
Porites Colonies Studied to Reconstruct Historical Sea Temperatures
Researchers from The University of Western Australia, CSIRO and the University of San Diego teamed up recently to discover how the corals from Australian reefs... Read more.
Anti-HIV Protein Found in Cnidarians
A recent chance discovery by scientists that were thumbing through the National Cancer Institute’s extract repository, has produced a possible anti-HIV protein... Read more.
Coral Larvae Remaining Closer to Home
A new study performed by partners of the ARC Center for Excellence Coral Reef Studies (Coral CoE) has found that with increases in ocean temperatures coral larvae... Read more.
Distinct Waves of Fish Colonized Reefs Millions of Years
Two distinct waves of colonization by fish on reefs have been identified in a recent study performed by Samantha Price, a postdoctoral researcher in the Department... Read more.
Monday Funnies
Because we would all rather be laughing than working here is some funny, yet surprisingly accurate, commentary on the Mantis Shrimp! …... Read more.
A Rise in Acidification Means a Rise in Confidence for Scientists and Fish Alike
As ocean acidification increases so does the science behind it. Researchers from the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) are studying the effects of CO2... Read more.
Aprils Fools Antics in the Aquarium Industry
We all love a good joke right? Especially in the case of a $30,000 fish being offered for $20 plus shipping?! And Electric Pink Frogspawns for $8 million dollars?!... Read more.
Massive Glass Aquarium Cracks at Downtown Disney
Well it’s happened again. The T-Rex Cafe (part of Downtown Disney) in Buena Vista Florida had its dinner guests surprised as a massive saltwater tank burst... Read more.
There is a Thief Amongst Us! ($1000 Reward)
Many of us are familiar with the large dry-good displays of Dirk’s The Real Reefers Store as he can set up at events and conferences easily taking up an entire... Read more.