The undescribed yellow-tailed Liopropoma sp. from the Philippines. Photo credit: Lemon TYK. Continuing with our twilight zone series from Stenhart Aquarium's newest exhibit, here are two more deep water denizens that share the same home as the Sacura speciosa we talked about previously. First [...]
Liopropoma tonstrinum. Photo credit: Lemon TYK. Today's instalment of epithet etymology features two species of reef fish displaying extreme dichotomy in nearly all aspects of their biology - the first, known only as a rare, reclusive denizen of deep reef slopes, while the other, a common [...]
Vanessa and I in the curasub. Photo credit: Barry Brown. Curaçao log: My traveling muse Day 2 – October 12, 2015 Monday. I’m writing this log on a ship! The R. V. Chapman. Things got a little bit gung-ho today. Well, a lot gung-ho. Sweet serendipity comes not nearly enough in a [...]
The whimsical colors of Curaçao. Curaçao log: My traveling muse Day 1 – October 11, 2015 Sunday. Today was incredible. It has been over twelve hours since I arrived on Curaçao. Strange. It felt like days ago when Vanessa and I were eating gummy bears in Miami, waiting for our plane [...]