by Matthew Stansbery | Jul 13, 2015 | Conservation, Science, Sustainability
Chicago’s Brookfield Zoo is trying to figure out what may have caused a drop in oxygen that killed four Southern stingrays and 50 Cownose stingrays last Friday. Emergency notifications from the system that monitors oxygen and ozone levels went out around 1:45pm... by Matthew Stansbery | Jul 2, 2015 | Conservation, Corals, Fish, Invertebrates, Sustainability
The Journal of Science recently published a paper from the University of California at Berkeley where fossils were studied to help predict which marine species were now at the greatest risk for extinction.”Marine… by Matthew Stansbery | Jul 2, 2015 | Conservation, Fish, Science, Sustainability
A new study from the University of Sydney Australia has found that the Spiny Chromis reef fish can manipulate the gender of their offspring to combat the gender bias created by increasing ocean temperatures. … by Matthew Stansbery | Jul 1, 2015 | Conservation, Corals, Fish, Sustainability
Overfishing is one key impact to the decline of coral reefs worldwide and a new study performed by the Wildlife Conservation Society, James Cook University, and The Australian Institute of Marine Science shows just how important fish are to the recovery of areas... by Matthew Stansbery | Jun 26, 2015 | Conservation, Fish, Science, Sustainability
New research out of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at James Cook University finds that the impacts of human activities like dredging are making it harder for fish to breathe, and are likely increasing the rates of gill disease amongst coastal reef...