by CORAL Magazine | Jun 7, 2013 | Marine, News & Notes
Sometimes science just happens, as when a new species turns up by happenstance, hope, and a generous measure of luck. A beautiful new species of blenny has been discovered as unintended bycatch during targeted specimen catching off Curaçao at about 550 ft...
by CORAL Magazine | Jun 5, 2013 | Marine, News & Notes
Most are smaller than a pinhead and are largely unseen by humans who don’t have a magnifying lens in hand, but foraminiferans or “forams” are found in countless numbers on the world’s reefs, often forming part of the matrix of sandy substrate...
by CORAL Magazine | May 28, 2013 | Marine, News & Notes
COVER FEATURES: CORAL Volume 10, Number 4 Family Acanthuridae: The Tangs and Surgeonfishes Text and Images by Robert M. Fenner, Daniel Knop, Keoki Stender Tang Captive Culture-A Progress Report: A Special Report by Matthew L. Wittenrich, PhD Aquarium...
by CORAL Magazine | May 22, 2013 | Marine, News & Notes
Long-time foes Robert “Snorkle Bob” Wintner and Rene Umberger, both with ties to the dive and snorkle tourism trade in Hawaii, lead new effort to attack the aquarium trade Announcement from Sea Shepherd OPERATION REEF DEFENSE LAUNCHES IN HAWAII Sea...
by CORAL Magazine | May 22, 2013 | Marine, News & Notes
Israeli marine scientists say they have discovered why Heteroxenia corals pulsate, resolving a 200-year-old scientific mystery, appears in the current issue of PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in the US). Along the way, they also discovered that...
by CORAL Magazine | Apr 6, 2013 | Marine, News & Notes
11:59 PM EST April 5th, 2013 has passed and Regulations.gov appears to still be accepting public commentary, so you have another 11 hours or so to say your piece online. [Update, comment period has now closed, you can view the document and public commentary here] In...
