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Davana Grabel
As senior editor here at reefs, I get to work with scientists from all over the world, and have made some wonderful friends in the industry! I also write for the site, and am the office manager at FRESH New London and the mother of two brilliant, talented young women.
Recent Blog Posts
Coming Soon! Our own Josh Saul on ReefBum!
That's right folks! On Thursday, May 12 at 7:00 PM, Josh Saul will be on "Rapping With ReefBum"! Tune in, sit back, and enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNp7punk8kM Josh has been involved in the aquarium hobby for 25 years and has been SCUBA diving for more than...
Aperture PET & LIFE has Quite the Lineup!
Have you heard of Aperture? Their mission is "Making creating and maintaining pet ecosystems easy through exceptional products and helpful information" and they're certainly working hard to meet that promise with their stable of companies! Take a look, they now have:...
Save the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus!
An intelligent and inquisitive being (it has the largest brain-to-body ratio for any mollusk), the tree octopus explores its arboreal world by both touch and sight. Adaptations its ancestors originally evolved in the three dimensional environment of the sea have been...
Reef-A-Palooza Orlando!
I'm so pleased that conferences are a thing again, aren't you? This is going to be a great show! Reef-A-Palooza Orlando takes place April 23-24, 2022, at the beautiful Caribe Royale Orlando. This marks the 8th anniversary of the show in Orlando, Florida....
Stunning new-to-science fairy wrasse is first-ever fish described by a Maldivian scientist
Though there are hundreds of species of fish found off the coast of the Maldives, a mesmerizing new addition is the first-ever to be formally described—the scientific process an organism goes through to be recognized as a new species—by a Maldivian researcher. The...
E/V Nautilus Launches Live 8-Month Deep-Sea Exploration Expedition
You are invited to join Ocean Exploration Trust on the 2022 E/V Nautilus expedition as we embark on eight months of scientific exploration in the waters of the Central Pacific Ocean near the Hawaiian Islands, around two units of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine...
Reef Kids: FREE Class Tomorrow: Marine Biology, Oceanography and Underwater Robots
If you love whales, aquariums, and underwater volcanoes, and you also love to watch everything that swims, crawls, or moves in the sea, then this is the area of science for you. This new online class is not only going to teach your kids about underwater life and the...
Reef Kids: Ecologies Card Game
"Fun, inspired by nature" is the tagline for Montrose Biology, the creator of this really cool game. There are three different versions, each with their own set of biomes: 1. Ecologies: ☃️ Tundra, 🌊 Marine, 🌲 Coniferous Forest, 🌳 Temperate Forest, 🌴 Tropical Forest, 🌾...
The Frag Farmers Market is Almost Here!
Trust me, this is one event you do NOT want to miss out on! There will be food and drinks available, there are LOTS of raffles, and just take a look at this vendor list: AC Corals Agcore Alex's Advanced Aquatics Aquatic Creations Aqua Dreams Aussie Aquariums Backwoods...