Rarely-Imported Anthias Brought in by CMA
Basslet enthusiasts and temperate marine aquarists everywhere may rejoice: This week a small handful of healthy, vibrant specimens of the splendid (or swallowtail)... Read more.
International Tensions Increase Over Red Coral Poaching
As if tensions between regional powers were not hot enough, a new issue of contention has emerged in the South China Sea. Recently, the Japanese government has denied... Read more.
Gyotaku: An Awesome Form of Traditional Japanese Fish Art
Seldom does a modern fisherman land a prize catch without capturing the moment forever, digitally, with a quick selfie. But without this key piece of technology—the... Read more.
Deepwater Cameras Reveal New Species, Seascapes
To this day, a mere 15% of the ocean bottom has been mapped. Recently, a team of researchers from the United States-supported National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration... Read more.
Submarine Eruption Leads to Formation of New Red Sea Islands
Finding the right time, place and circumstances to observe the formation of a new island is pretty difficult. For one, it just doesn’t happen very often. It may... Read more.
Fresh Island Formation to be Living Lab for Marine Ecologists
Late last year, a small dot of fresh land emerged from the sea following a long series of lava flows. Located about 600 miles south of Tokyo, Japan, the new island,... Read more.
A Database for the Identification of Sponges
There is a huge number of sponge species in our world’s oceans. Some of them are bacterivores, some are carnivorous, some even harbor zooxanthellae. Yet, despite... Read more.
Released Aquarium Fishes Plague Colorado Lake
It really shouldn’t need to be said. But, apparently, even in the aftermath of ecological disasters such as the introduction of nonnative snakeheads into U.S.... Read more.
A Review of the Vivid Coral Film
Some time ago I received a product sample from Vivid Coral Technologies. It appeared to be a 2″x4″ section of thin, amber-colored plastic sheet material.... Read more.
Beautiful New Species of Weedy Sea Dragon Discovered
Syngnathid fish fans have a new species to fawn over, according to a recent article in Scientific American Magazine. Until now, only two species of seadragon were... Read more.
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