by CORAL Magazine | Oct 2, 2015 | Marine
It came out of the archives as CORAL editors are working on the upcoming magazine issue about Reef Hitchhikers, and it was found among a batch of images of life forms whose identification had previous stumped even some veteran marine aquarists. The first five readers...
by Than Thein | Oct 2, 2015 | CORAL - Than Thein, Marine
Although the common name for them is Orange Ball Anemones, the Pseudocorynactis are not anemones at all. They are a type of corallimorph, or, in other words, mushrooms. Mushroom corallimorphs come in a variety of shapes, sizes, and textures, but even within a group...
by CORAL Magazine | Oct 2, 2015 | Marine
Dr. Bruce Carlson, well known to marine aquarists as the former director of the Waikiki Aquarium and chief science officer at the Georgia Aquarium, recently released a thought-provoking video showing a nautilus survey trip to Palau. With his partner, aquarist Marj...
by CORAL Magazine | Oct 1, 2015 | Marine
It is commonly believed that cooperation without immediate rewards is rare among non-human animals, especially when the individuals involved are not kin or playing a parental role. The relatively few examples of reciprocal cooperation in the animal kingdom previously...
by CORAL Magazine | Sep 21, 2015 | Marine
CORAL Magazine Volume 12, Number 6 “Life will find a way,” says Dr. Ian Malcolm from Jurassic Park in Dr. Ronald L. Shimek’s highly anticipated cover story for CORAL November/December. A perpetually fascinating subject for all marine aquarists, the...
by CORAL Magazine | Sep 18, 2015 | Marine
Above: Not all reef invasive species are unwelcome—an unusual form of Gonodactylus smithii, the Purple-Spotted Mantis Shrimp (a smasher), that arrived in Dr. Roy Caldwell’s Berkeley lab via a piece of rock with a cave. Courtesy Roy’s List of Stomatopods...
