by CORAL Magazine | Mar 27, 2019 | Marine
The World Wildlife Fund is inviting citizens, cities, businesses, and institutions to turn off all unnecessary lights for one hour on Saturday evening, March 30. via WWF We live in an interconnected world. Every action we take impacts life around us, and increasingly...
by CORAL Magazine | Mar 22, 2019 | Marine
This is a colonial tunicate well known to science as Botrylloides leachii (Savigny 1816). It is sometimes called the Ladder Ascidian and is seen in a range of color forms, this being the most distinctive. (Note: Its name is commonly misspelled as “Botrylloides...
by CORAL Magazine | Mar 21, 2019 | Marine
New study finds that coral reefs exposed to frequent temperature stress may be adapting to warming temperatures, while those further from the Equator remain more vulnerable MELBOURNE, FLA. — Ocean warming is threatening coral reefs globally, with persistent thermal...
by Matt Pedersen | Mar 21, 2019 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
Bounce Mushrooms captivate the minds of reefkeepers and coral farmers alike, and the trend has had a bit of staying power. I can’t say that many corals have inspired a road trip halfway across the country in hopes of maybe finding one. Such is the story of my...
by Matt Pedersen | Mar 21, 2019 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
a partial excerpt from CORAL Magazine, March/April 2019 Corallimorphs, particularly the mushroom polyps of the genus Discosoma, seem to go in and out of vogue depending on which way the current blows, and aquarists tend to either love them or hate them based on how...
by CORAL Magazine | Mar 14, 2019 | Marine
via Reef-A-Palooza Orlando The 2019 Reef-A-Palooza Orlando is now just weeks away. DATE: April 6-7, 2019 VENUE: Renaissance Orlando at Seaworld 6677 Sea Harbor Dr. Orlando, FL 32821 Reef-A-Palooza (RAP) is going on its 6th consecutive year in Central Florida. The show...