Hawaii has made national headlines as the first state to ban the sale of sunscreens containing either oxybenzone or octinoxate. Scientists at the Polytechnic University of the Marche, Ancona, Italy studied the chemicals, and found that “Sunscreens cause the rapid and complete bleaching of [...]
Aloha Mai Kakou, Exploring coastlines and finding underwater creatures has been a passion of mine since childhood. Growing up in coastal Florida, I kept what I caught locally in home aquariums before landing my high school job at a burgeoning exotic pet store and eagerly learning about every [...]
Hawaii Government Senate Bill SB 1240 has just gained momentum, which means that it is crucial that we act NOW. The bill focuses on Hawaii’s Aquarium Fisheries; its stated purpose is to “Prohibit the department from issuing new aquarium fish permits”, and potentially marks the [...]
“A Different Kind of Farm” follows the story of Carol and Craig Schmarr, who, in 1998, took their life savings, moved to Kona, Hawaii, and built the world’s fist seahorse farm. The independent documentary, written and produced by Caroling Harding, includes interviews with both [...]
A recent study done by San Diego State University and published in the journal Nature Microbiology paints a bleak picture for reefs being blanketed by algae after a bleaching event. Dissolved organic compounds (DOC) are extremely prevalent on reefs, and it is microbes, along with lots of [...]
Japanese Angelfish Centropyge interrupta ( Japanese angelfish ) Videotaped at Midway Island in August 1999, depth 83′. Habitat shots (Porites compressa bed) followed by shots of adult C. interrupta | FishBase link: http://www.fishbase.us/summary/Centropyge-interrupta.html | Uploaded by: Bruce [...]
Hawaii is an immensely fascinating archipelago to study in terms of the biogeography and evolution of its shallow water marine fishes. These isolated volcanic islands, separated by more than 1000 miles from their nearest neighbor, are a hotbed of endemic speciation, with much left to discover [...]
Hybridization is a common biological process best defined as the interbreeding of individuals from two distinct populations (or species), distinguishable on the basis of heritable characters. Throughout the dawn of time, since humans started developing a keen interest in the natural world, hybrids [...]