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 hard [...]
Aloha Mai Kakou, The river mouth where I surf...this wave breaks over shallow boulders encrusted with Poccillopora meandrina coral Exploring coastlines and finding underwater creatures has been a passion of mine since childhood. Growing up in coastal Florida, I kept what I caught [...]
credit: Luc Viatour / www.Lucnix.be Hawaii Government Senate Bill [...]
"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 fans and critics of [...]
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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFD6Zy6T0wM The highly sought after Japanese Angelfish ("Centropyge" interrupta) is known primarily from the subtropical portions of mainland Japan and the nearby Ogasawara Islands, and, with specimens reaching upwards of 15cm, it certainly [...]
Credit: Greg McFall NOAA, 2104 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 [...]
Chaetodon fremblii x C. multicinctus (?) in the aquarium of Mr. Hirosaki. Identification of hybrids often involves speculation based on intermediate phenotypes displayed by both parents. In this case, Chaetodon fremblii is quite clearly one of two species involved. Photo credit: Kengo [...]
