by xeniaforever | Aug 23, 2016 | Conservation, Corals, Reef
https://vimeo.com/179650430 Check out this fantastic new video from Rich Ross. He has been working at the Coral Restoration Foundation‘s coral nursery in Florida with a team of scientists to better understand Acropora Cervicornis sexual reproduction, with the... by AquaNerd | Aug 21, 2016 | Conservation, Fish, Reef, Science
Greenland sharks are now the longest-living vertebrates known on Earth, scientists say. [embedded content] Researchers used radiocarbon dating to determine the ages of 28 of the animals, and estimated that one female was about 400 years old. The team found that the sharks grow at just 1cm a year, and reach sexual maturity at about the age of 150. The research is published in the journal Science. Lead author Julius Nielsen, a marine biologist from the University of Copenhagen, said: “We had our expectations that we were dealing with an unusual animal, but I think everyone doing this research was very surprised to learn the sharks were as old as they were.” The former vertebrate record-holder was a bowhead whale estimated to be 211 years old. But by Todd Gardner | Aug 16, 2016 | Aquaculture, Conservation, Eye Candy, Fish, MACNA, Science, Sustainability
Although it’s too early to celebrate, I’m happy to report that progress is being made at the Suffolk County Community College Marine Science Lab, on the captive culture of one of the rarest and most valuable reef basslets in the world, Rainfordia... by Matthew Stansbery | Aug 15, 2016 | Conservation, Corals, Photography, Reef
For the first time ever researchers from The Queensland University of Technology have documented through time-lapse photography, the event known as coral bleaching. Using a combination of technologies scientists were able to record what they dubbed “pulsed... by Chris Maupin | Aug 14, 2016 | Conservation, Science
In a continuing string of brutal stories in a devastating 18 months for world coral reefs, a new paper in the high impact journal Nature Scientific Reports, by William Precht and others of Dial Cordy and Associates and the University of Miami, documents the... by Justin Credabel | Aug 12, 2016 | Conservation, Corals, Reef, Travel
Today was our “Coral Avengers” team’s first full day in Grand Case; joining me on this trip are my colleagues from Fishlife Aquariums and GE research scientist Dr. Michael Gerdes. Every trip to...
