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... by Todd Gardner | Aug 9, 2016 | Conservation, Eye Candy, Fish, Photography, Science, Sustainability
One of the most satisfying aspects of collecting tropical fishes in New York, far outside of the tropics, is knowing that your activities have no impact on wild populations. Naturally, not every warm-water species you encounter will be the ideal candidate for your... by Chris Maupin | Aug 8, 2016 | Conservation, Science
Recently, all of my conservation and science posts have been fairly dark in tone and content. From the seeming futility of local preservation, to the ongoing and unexplained mortality in the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, it is easy to get the... by Chris Maupin | Jul 29, 2016 | Conservation, Science
As if this year hasn’t been rough enough on Global Coral reefs, I learned this afternoon that mysterious mass invertebrate deaths had suddenly begun and were continuing like wildfire in the East Flower Garden Banks. …
