A yeti crab uses the hairs on its claws to farm bacteria.
- Tunze has started a blog. Learn interesting information about the history of skimmers and their latest product offerings like the Nanostream 6105.
- Ecoxotic has come out with a new lamp: the TriColor PAR38 LED lamp. They combine three different color spectrums (6500K white, 453nm blue & 660nm red).
- The folks over at Raising Pet Jellyfish are building a kreisel aquarium for comb jellies out of pieces of acrylic and a glass aquarium.
- Marine Depot is reporting that EcoTech has a Radion software update available. Noted improvements have been made to Live Demo, Natural Mode, Artificial Mode, and accelerated program review.
- The November MASNA Live podcast is available. This month, Chris Jury, Adam Blundell, Murray Camp, and Ret Talbot are interviewed.
- NanoReefBlog is now sporting a new logo and look.
- The 61st Reef Threads podcast is out. This week Gary and Christine interview Ret Talbot about the fisheries in Hawai’i.
- Submarine springs give a glimpse of what ocean acidification will do to coral reefs. Good news? Some corals can grow in low pH waters. Bad news? These are not reef building corals.
- Interested in the physics of great white shark attacks on seals? “Stealth and ambush are key elements in the white shark’s predatory strategy.”
- Yeti Crabs farm bacteria on their hairy claws.
- Some good news: a coral reef was successfully restored in the Florida Keys after a 2002 boat grounding.
- Three critically-endangered sawfish made their home this week in the Sydney Aquarium. A fourth will be joining them shortly.
- Wonder what it looks like to be attacked by a Great White? That maw has a lot of teeth!
- For the first time, scientists in Australia have succeeded in freezing particles from the Great Barrier Reef.
- Ever wonder how zooplankton find food to eat? They use touch, chemical factors, and water disturbances to find their favorite meal.
- Australia’s trying out an interesting approach to making energy from ocean waves. The bioWAVE goes to school off of how kelp sways in the surf.
- Law officials are using chemical markers to make sure that blue marlin are being harvested only from the Indian and Pacific oceans.
- Looking for something for Christmas? How about a jet-propelled surfboard.
- Reefquest is a new website started by 13-year old Dylan Vecchione. The website was started as a way to help kids become marine environmental stewards.
- See-through crab shells could hold the secret to better flat panel displays and solar cells.
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