by CORAL Magazine | Aug 27, 2019 | Marine
via Marine Aquarium Societies of North America (MASNA) Orlando, FL. – August 27, 2019. At MACNA 2019, MASNA will be awarding its annual student scholarships at the banquet on Saturday, August 31st, 2019. Two $4,000 scholarships will be granted, one to an undergraduate...
by CORAL Magazine | Aug 25, 2019 | CORAL Excerpt, Marine
John E. Randall, Ph.D., John L. Earle, and Robert Whitton Excerpt from CORAL Magazine, Volume 16.5, September/October 2019 The term “mobbing” in animal behavior refers to the collective aggressive response by a group of potential prey animals to a predator....
by CORAL Magazine | Aug 23, 2019 | CORAL - James Lawrence, CORAL - Matt Pedersen, CORAL Excerpt, Marine
Editor’s Page: On the cusp of a marine livestock tipping point Excerpt from CORAL Magazine, Volume 16, Number 5 September/October 2019 It’s often said that the reef aquarist must be an oceanographer, a biologist, a chemist, a hydraulics engineer (or least a...
by CORAL Magazine | Aug 22, 2019 | Marine, News & Notes
via Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) The plight of Caribbean coral reef fish in the face of predatory pressure of a lionfish invasion shouldn’t be new to most CORAL readers, and it serves as a constant reminder to never release any of your...
by CORAL Magazine | Aug 21, 2019 | Marine, News & Notes
New hope for a disappearing Florida and Caribbean Reef Icon via The Florida Aquarium Apollo Beach, FL – For the first time ever, threatened Atlantic Pillar Coral has spawned through lab-induced techniques. The scientific breakthrough occurred this week in a research...