One of the corals I shoot the most isn't really a coral at all. I imagine most folks reading this are familiar with the Millepora genus, but I suspect most of my fellow divers think it's just another coral. The Millepora dichotoma in the image above has a passing resemblance to Turbinaria, so [...]
I've often thought that hermit crabs must be the most abused animals ever to find their way into captivity. As members of that oft-used phrase 'clean-up crew' they are purchased in vast numbers to fulfill a role with little care or consideration. What happens when there isn't anything left [...]
After a recent post about photographing soft corals and using images of a reef full of dendronephthya, I was left with a folder of images on my desktop that really make me itch to be back in the water. When this Coronavirus is over, I shall be on a plane pretty darn quick. Until then, I'll [...]
Think of a wild coral reef and before long you have images of stunningly vivid colors and shoals of brightly-lit fish running through your mind's eye. Well... that's sort of true, especially if you're snorkeling in the tropics over a shallow reef where the full spectrum of light is able to [...]
Back in 2013 research was published in two separate journals: Biology Letters and BMC Evolutionary Biology, that examined what would appear to be a type of farming practiced by several widely separated species of damselfish from Egypt to the Great Barrier Reef. Unlike many species that [...]
We all know that coral skeletons are made from calcium carbonate and that they can dissolve in warm acidic conditions. As the oceans warm and acidify, corals along with other ‘calcifiers’ will find it hard to contribute enough structure to maintain present reefs and the benefits they [...]
Wart slugs belong to that large and well-distributed Class Gastropoda. Unlike most of their Class mates they have lost any visible trace of their shells, something they have in common with the rest of the Order Nudibranchia. Unlike many nudibranchs, they don't have noticeable external [...]
The UK Government is, as anyone over here knows, in the middle of (and by the time this is published may have concluded) negotiations with the EU regarding a Brexit trade deal. This has been long and complicated and is either the best news or the worst, depending on your point of view. The [...]
