by Matt Pedersen | Dec 20, 2018 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater, Marine
The Maryland-based YouTube phenom Mok-Yi Chow, who calls himself the Inappropriate Reefer, has a thriving channel which has achieved some 3.8 million views at this time. One of his latest uploads takes the viewer on a whirlwind tour of Hong Kong’s astonishing...
by Matt Pedersen | Nov 29, 2018 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
“Join me on a dive in one of our Acropora baby tanks in Wilhelmshaven, Germany. All of the A. surculosa and A. digitifera were raised from eggs in Guam in 2015 and 2016. Sorry for the shaky camera; I have to improve my camera-holding-device (and my own skills, I...
by Matt Pedersen | Nov 16, 2018 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
“Why would one of the most agile creatures in the ocean choose to scamper backwards?” That is the question posed by Science Friday’s feature “The Macroscope,” which investigated the oddly intriguing behavior of octopuses that forego their...
by Matt Pedersen | Nov 7, 2018 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
Over the past few years, CORAL readers have time and again been introduced to exciting underwater footage shared by Reef Patrol. Vanessa Cara-Kerr, the primary underwater filmmaker at Reef Patrol, has launched a new YouTube video series aiming to share insightful...
by James Lawrence | Nov 1, 2018 | CORAL - James Lawrence, CORAL - Matt Pedersen, CORAL Excerpt, Marine
One of the peculiarities of reef aquarium keeping is how much of what we do is being made up as we go along. Other leisure-time pursuits— think gardening, golf, or flyfishing— all have centuries of history and profound troves of learned skills, knowledge, and...
by Matt Pedersen | Oct 25, 2018 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, CORAL Excerpt, Marine
THE BUTTERFLY CHRONICLES, Part 1 (read Part 2) Rethinking Corallivores: Progress with the lovely, notorious coral-eating Chaetodontids text and images by Matthew W. Pedersen It’s been over two years since I last bared my soul and professed a personal lifelong...
