by xeniaforever | Oct 31, 2016 | Travel
https://www.facebook.com/TheDeepHull/videos/1115364505167418/ “Journey through the story of the world’s oceans travelling through a unique blend of spectacular marine life from warm tropical waters to the cold Antarctic seas.… by Admin | Oct 5, 2016 | Photography, Travel
This is my final post featuring life from the temperate waters of the Mediterranean, and I hope it’s something that you haven’t seen before: the wonderful world of marine... by AquaNerd | Sep 30, 2016 | Corals, Opinion, Reef, Travel
Those of you who have visited us before will remember vividly your adventures in this region while those who haven’t been here yet will begin to dream about it. Raja Ampat, or ‘the Four Kings,’ is an archipelago made up of 1,500 islands in Indonesia’s West Papua province, It is situated in the center of the Coral Triangle and has some of the richest marine biodiversity on earth. Since Raja Ampat has become part of a protected marine park, a variety of animals including sharks, manta rays, dugongs and tortoises, are once again able to rule the ocean kingdom here. Of all these animals, the most curious is the Dugong. It is the last survivor of the Dugongidae family to inhabit the coral reefs of Indonesia. by xeniaforever | Sep 6, 2016 | Events, MACNA, Travel
Is everyone ready for this weekend? MANCA 2016 in San Diego is going to be a blast – talks by world-renowned scientists and aquarists such as Sanjay Joshi, Justin Credabel, Rich Ross, and Sonia Rowley, a reception Friday night and banquet Saturday night, and, of... by AquaNerd | Sep 4, 2016 | Conservation, Fish, Reef, Science, Travel
OCHEARCH, an ocean research organization, has discovered a Great White nursery/birthing site in the North Atlantic, off the coast of Montauk, Long Island. Chris Fischer, the founding chairman of Ocearch (the organization behind the development) told CBS News that they had “definitely [found]the nursery, likely the birthing site.” The find is “probably the most significant discovery we’ve ever made on the ocean,” Fischer added. Locating sites where North Atlantic great white sharks give birth and raise their young in the North Atlantic can lead to better efforts to protect and better understand these apex predators. Great White sharks are described as “vulnerable.” A vulnerable species is one which has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as likely to by Justin Credabel | Aug 25, 2016 | Conservation, Corals, Reef, Travel
Upon arrival in St Martin 10 years ago, I dove into the water and stayed there for five hours. It was the first time that I had ever seen coral in the wild; I discovered more coral, fish, fanworms, and urchins every few feet – animals and creatures that I had...
