Hi gang, I have an extra beautiful Caribbean reef squid clinging to a colony of mountainous star coral for you all today that I found late at night on our house reef. The Caribbean reef octopus (Octopus briareus) is a coral reef marine animal. It has eight long arms that vary in length and [...]
LPSO covered in the print version of National Geographic, April 2016 edition. Online version here: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2016/04/basic-instincts-octopus-mating/ Text: By Patricia Edmonds This story ran in the April 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine. In most octopus [...]
For 28 years, RVS Fishworld has been training and supplying fisherman in the Philippines with the knowledge and equipment needed for sustainable net collectionThe ocean is full of the unknown, allowing people’s imaginations to run wild. Combine that with film producers, writers, or groups with a [...]
Good morning friends, I have a beautiful juvenile Caribbean Reef Octopus for you all today that I found at night clinging to this little gorgonian, talk about picture perfect!! We are constantly amazed at the multitude of colors these animals can change to in a matter of seconds, here he or she is [...]
It's World Octopus Day, and Rich Ross, a husbandry biologist specializing in cephalopods and coral at the California Academy of Sciences’ Steinhart Aquarium, is a guest host today on Reddit's Science Ask Me Anything! I urge you to head over to the website with any questions you may have about [...]
Palythoa grandisMany of us are inspired to keep marine life for its exotic beauty or interesting behavior. But if we’re being perfectly honest, we have to admit there’s also something intriguing about keeping—and displaying to our friends and family—marine organisms that have dangerous or [...]
The Sea Life Michigan Aquarium is currently conducting on online poll to name its Enteroctopus dofleini, or Giant Pacific Octopus. The 14 month old female octopus arrived at the Aquarium last December and has remained unnamed. She weighs around 12 pounds, but is not yet fully grown. Giant Pacific [...]
Dwarf cuttlefish. Photo: High Fin Sperm Whale/Wikimedia Commons The newest residents at the [...]
