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World’s First Simultaneous Genetic Sequencing of Host Coral and Symbiont Algae
Coral health and survival largely depend on the interaction between the host coral, a photosynthetic symbiont algae, and an associated community of micro-organisms. Hence, constructing a genetic...
View ArticleVideo: Mantis Colour Vision Makes Aliens Look Tame
Mantis shrimp have got to be one of the most interesting of all reef organisms indeed new discoveries about these fascinating creatures seem to happen on an almost daily basis. Further to recent...
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Please don’t eat me!
Sharks are what put many people off swimming in the sea. There are hundreds of facts out there proving that there’s only a miniscule chance of a shark attacking you, but films like JAWS and programmes...
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Different Sponge Species Have Highly Specific and Stable Microbiomes
The sea sponge is about as simple as an animal can get, but its associated bacterial community—its microbiome —is known to approach the complexity of the diverse microbiome in the human gut. Now,...
View ArticleUse of ‘fish aggregating devices’ could be unsustainable
Across the world’s oceans float thousands of rafts, placed there by fishermen to try and increase their catches. Although this technique has been used for centuries, its increasing prevalence and...
View Article‘Chameleon of the sea’ reveals its secrets and weapons scientists get excited
Scientists at Harvard University and the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) hope new understanding of the natural nanoscale photonic device that enables a small marine animal to dynamically change its...
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Unusual Corals Discovered off the Big Island of Hawaii
A coral species new to the main Hawaiian Islands has been discovered in West Hawaii by a research team of the state Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) Division of Aquatic Resources divers,...
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New Dual Pump Controller on the Way from Jebao
Announced earlier this week, Jebao has released a brand new Twins Controller for the unusually popular Jebao WP Series and FS Type next generation pumps. After sorting through the poorly written...
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LED fixture Sicce GNC AM 466 In depth review
After a long journey that began in January 2013 we are finally ready to talk in detail of the LED fixture Sicce GNC AM 466. The major feature of this lamp is to employ a very large number of low...
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Reef Fish Find it’s Too Hot to Swim
We all know the feeling, it’s a hot summer afternoon and you have no appetite and don’t want to do anything apart from lay on the couch. A team of researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for...
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Where Can Coral Reefs Relocate to Escape the Heat?
The best real estate for coral reefs over the coming decades will no longer be around the equator but in the sub-tropics, new research from the University of Bristol suggests. Fossil fuel emissions are...
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Tiger Grouper, Mycteroperca tigris, Sea Basses
Good morning friends, how was your weekend??? I know a bunch of you out there are locked in freezing temps and snow so it would be mean of me to tell you how sunny and beautiful it is here so I won’t...
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Sharks of the World
I would imagine that any one with even a passing interest in the oceans, reefs and fish is going to be fascinated by sharks, they are after all…fascinating and given the current threats facing just...
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30 Yrs On… Indo Marine Trade Is Still A Mess
Can the Indonesian Marine Trade ever become sustainable? That’s the question asked in a recent report produced by the Indonesian Nature Foundation and published on the SAIA website. Detailing the...
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Fiery-red Coral Species Discovered in the Peruvian Pacific
A new coral species, Psammogorgia hookeri, has been collected by scuba divers from rocky ledges at depths to 25 meters in Peru’s Paracas National Reserve. The corals’ hand-sized colonies are slightly...
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Satellite Tags, Fishing Data Reveal Turtle Danger Zones
One of the biggest threats to critically endangered leatherback turtles is bycatch from industrial fishing in the open oceans. Now, a team of researchers has satellite-tracked 135 leatherbacks with...
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Channel Clinging Crab, Mithrax spinosissimus, Crabs
Good morning readers, check out this state of the art GoPro setup just released from our friends at Ikelite!! Everything you see here besides the GoPro is available through Ikelite. The new 2000 lumen...
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Marine Aquarium Trade: A Force for Good in Saving Coral Reefs
The fate of coral reefs worldwide is now a well-publicized, front-page, six o’clock news crisis. In fact, three marine scientists just published a landmark paper that leads with this daunting...
View ArticleFish can cope with larger waves… and there’s more waves comin’
Big waves are energetically costly for fish, and there are more big waves than ever. The good news is that fish might be able to adapt. “There has been a lot of recent work in oceanography documenting...
View ArticleUnidentified New Reef Fish is Leaked on Facebook
Seagrest Farms of Florida just released photos and video of what could be the latest and greatest, and potentially very expensive, reef fish. Leaked just hours ago this video is creating a lot of buzz...
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