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Nautical Treasures
One of our favorite ways to waste time is to window shop on the website Fancy. If you haven’t been there before, Fancy is a curated gift store where individuals can submit cool items that they make...
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Don’t Get Stuck On It, As It Is A Crappy Way To Live
A Red Sea Urchin of the Northeast Pacific, Strongylocentrotus franciscanus. Of urchins and amphipods and of beauty and bugs Text & Images by Ronald L. Shimek, Ph.D. People who have read more than...
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Ikelite Go-Pro Accessories, Ikelite VEGA Lights
Good morning friends, I apologize once again for the no blog yesterday but I had all kinds of projects going on and could not find time to hit the web. I spent the morning getting ready for a dive with...
View ArticleUncovering the secret world of the ‘Plastisphere’
Scientists are revealing how microbes living on floating pieces of plastic marine debris affect the ocean ecosystem, and the potential harm they pose to invertebrates, humans and other animals. New...
View ArticleOverfishing of Caribbean coral reefs favors coral-killing sponges
Scientists had already demonstrated that overfishing removes angelfish and parrotfish that feed on sponges growing on coral reefs–sponges that sometimes smother the reefs. That research was conducted...
View ArticleCORAL Video: Frag Swap Set Up with HighDefCorals
It’s safe to say that HighDefCorals has taken the act of being a “Frag Swap Vendor” to a true art-form; they often have the swankest setup in the room. Gone are the days when vendors at frag swaps...
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Coral reefs survived despite mass species extinctions says new study
The end of the Permian geologic time period, 252 million years ago, was marked by huge volcanic eruptions that resulted in global warming and a change in climate so severe it caused the extinction...
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The Blue Blood Harvest
Most people probably don’t realize the extent horseshoe crabs have effected their lives and medical research. Every year, over half a million horseshoe crabs are bled for their blood. The blood, which...
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New Flaming Red Gorgonian Found
A startling splotch of vivid crimson growing on the substrate was what first caught the eye of Peruvian marine zoologist Yuri Hooker in 2002 while he was diving in the relatively unexplored waters of...
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Giesemann introduces Sunshift
Long considered the must have lighting unit to hang over your glass box of reef fish and corals, Giesemann kind of faded into the background when the LED revolution smothered our hobby. In hindsight,...
View ArticleThe Evolutionary History of Stony Corals
Although corals are considered one of the earliest, most primitive animal groups on the planet, the stony corals that grace our reef aquariums with color and vibrance actually arose later than some of...
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Exosuit Will Take Divers To New Depths
Marine biologists and engineers have developed a high-tech Exosuit weighing over 500 pounds and standing over 6 feet tall, which can descend to depths of 1000 feet. The suit contains an oxygen system...
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Seahorse Canada: Canadian Seahorses At Last!
A flirty pair of seahorses from Seahorse Canada. Canadians have long had trouble getting true captive bred seahorses. CITES has had the unfortunate side effect of restricting access to Captive Bred...
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75% of coral reefs are endangered and the number is rising
I thought it was fairly well proven that coral reefs and associated ecosystems are in grave danger from natural and human-made disturbances, however another depressing report hammers home the grim...
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CORAL Wins Magazine of Year Award
Likened to an Oscar for smaller publications, the Nichee Magazine Awards recognize excellence in content, visual presentation, and publishing acumen. CORAL is published in the small town of Shelburne,...
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Reefthreads Podcast #171
http://cdn.wso.net/reefthreads/podcasts/rt171.mp3 Kelwu’s tank with star-polyp “grass,” shown at the Aquaticlog.com site.New week. New podcast. This week we’re gabbing about dinoflagellates,...
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Yellow Tang Research at the Oceanic Institute – Making Exciting Progress
Research on culturing yellow tangs began at the Oceanic Institute (OI) back in 2001 around the same time as initial, exciting breakthroughs were achieved with dwarf angelfish (by OI and others like...
View ArticleCORAL Video & Highlights: Coral Reef Resilience
Few places on earth captivate our sense of wonder as much as coral reefs. But how stable and enduring are coral reefs? Violent tropical storms frequently destroy fragile coral skeletons, but broken...
View ArticleCoral Morphologic presents ‘Natural History Redux’ (Trailer)
Coral Morphologic, in association with Borscht Corp., is proud to announce the digital release of the remixed and remastered ‘Natural History Redux’ this Thursday, March 6, 2014. ‘Natural History...
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Peppermint Goby, Coryphopterus lipernes, Gobies
Hi friends, late start again today, I really have to get back to doing the blog in the evenings, would be so much easier! I just got back from a fun but cold dive with my friends from Sweden. I took my...
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