by Matt Pedersen | Jan 20, 2023 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
Coradion calendula is a newly described species of butterflyfish from the northern coasts of Australia. Image credit: Kristin Anderson, via Matsunuma et al., CC BY 4.0. Despite centuries of exploration and study, the waters of Australia continue to reveal secrets,...
by Matt Pedersen | Jan 13, 2023 | Marine, New Products
Victor Fornari (World Wide Corals, left) and Marc Tetreault, on location at the new, expanded MarcoRocks facility. Friends of MarcoRocks’ founder Marc Tetreault have known that big things are happening down in Homestead, Florida. For the most part, we’ve...
by Matt Pedersen | Jan 6, 2023 | CORAL Excerpt, Marine
Cover of CORAL Magazine Volume 20, Issue 1: DWARF SEABASSES (January/February 2023). Images: Lantern Bass, Serranus baldwini, Espen Rekdal/Blue Planet Archive. Background: Echinophyllia sp. ‘Cornbread’s Flaming Bugatti’, Michael Vargas/MVargas Photography at Ocean...
by Matt Pedersen | Dec 29, 2022 | Marine
Tidal waters recede along the shallows of Magnetic Island, causing shallow-water stony corals to bake in the tropical sun, fully exposed, for several hours. Intrepid explorer Russell Kelley answers the question in as takes readers on a foray onto the Great Barrier...
by Matt Pedersen | Dec 29, 2022 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, CORAL Excerpt, Marine
Hemerocallis fulva ‘Kwanso’. This cultivar of the notorious orange “ditch lily” was first isolated and named 163 years ago. Pay closer attention next summer, you may find this variety with extra petals living in your neighborhood, or even your own yard....