Sweden Has Reefs?

Säcken Reef, to be precise.  That’s Sweden’s one remaining coral reef, dominated by this cold water Lophelia pertusa which lives without the help of zoothanthellae by capturing food that has fallen onto it from...

Diving the Philippines: The Center of Marine Biodiversity

The Coral Triangle covers approximately 2.3 million square miles of ocean and encompasses six countries in the Indo-Pacific: Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, the Solomon Islands, and Timor-Leste. An unbelievable amount of biodiversity is condensed into less than 1% of the world's ocean surface area: The Coral Triangle (CT) is home to one-third of the world’s coral reefs, 75% of known coral species (~600 species of corals), nearly 3,000 species of fish, half of the world’s seagrass and marine mollusk species, 75% of known mangrove species, six of the world’s seven species of marine turtles green ,

Inside Mission Aquarius

This video provides a sneak peek inside the world of Aquarius, the underwater lab environment in the Florida Keys that is owned and operated by NOAA.  The lab allows scientists to study reef life, oceanography, saturation diving, and many other things within a...

Underwater Nightclub? Check.

Want to party like you’re an extra in The Abyss?  You can dream on for a little longer, as this video and photos in the link are from a promotional event at a military facility.  But it is nice to dream isn’t...

Travel Log: Aqua Life 2012 – Mumbai

While visiting my family in Mumbai in May, I happened to be browsing the newspaper and saw a feature on an upcoming fish exhibition that was going to be held in Mumbai. Being the consummate fish geek I absolutely had to check it out. …