by Ronald L. Shimek, PhD | Nov 9, 2013 | CORAL - Ronald L. Shimek, PhD, Marine
Is This The Beginning Of The Collapse Of Another Echinoderm-Structured Biome? The time line: 1962-1963. Washington State. After a young professor at the University of Washington spent some time casting around for a research project he would find interesting, he became...
by James Lawrence | Nov 7, 2013 | Marine
The old proverb about a leopard not being able to change its spots now has a new biological footnote after researchers in Australian recently found that fish exposed to predatory danger can, indeed, transform their spots to make them less vulnerable to attack. Working...
by James Lawrence | Nov 7, 2013 | Marine
Nick Hope’s Bali Diving Scuba diving in Bali, Indonesia, in September 2007 with AquaMarine Diving. We travel to the USAT Liberty shipwreck at Tulamben, see Mola Mola at Crystal Bay, a Whitetip Reef Shark at Nusa Penida, and lots of underwater macro critters such...
by James Lawrence | Oct 24, 2013 | Marine
This is the 630-gallon (2,400-L) featured reef in the Aquarium Portrait department of the November/December Issue of CORAL, written by Ab Ras. Owner Urbain Appeltans is a noted European filmmaker whose aquarium has been honored as Reef Aquaarium of the Year in...
by Ronald L. Shimek, PhD | Oct 24, 2013 | CORAL - Ronald L. Shimek, PhD, Marine
The common bristle worms seen in aquaria are fireworms. Categorized by scientists as worms in the Family Amphinomidae of the Annelid Class Polychaeta, fireworms are easily recognized by their possession of groups of white defensive bristles located on both sides of...
by Matt Pedersen | Oct 14, 2013 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
The Horniman Museum’s Victorian Parlor Tank features coldwater marinelife native to the United Kingdom. It’s a modern day riff on the legendary works of British naturalist and marine biologist Philip Henry Gosse, who is credited as inventing the word...
