by CORAL Magazine | Aug 1, 2022 | Marine, News & Notes
A look inside the Living Coral Biobank Project, where currently 33% of the coral species found on the Great Barrier Reef have been gathered in a modern-day ark. Image credit: Martin Stringer via Washington DC Area Marine Aquarist Society (WAMAS) (Reston, VA, USA &...
by CORAL Magazine | Jul 29, 2022 | Freshwater, Marine, News & Notes
Aquarists, retailers, and the entire pet trade, may be able to relax for a minute with the news that proposed Lacey Act amendments may be tabled for the remainder of this current Congressional session. Image Credit: BearFotos/Shutterstock via USARK We have been...
by Matt Pedersen | Jul 29, 2022 | Marine
A brain coral spawns in Curaçao, giving researchers another chance to leverage the features of genetic recombination to increase the chances that individual offspring may hold the secrets to surviving an uncertain future. Underwater filmmaker Vanessa Cara Kerr/Reef...
by Matt Pedersen | Jul 22, 2022 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
A sampling of eight currently scheduled speakers who will present at MACNA 2022 After a two-year hiatus forced by the COVID-19 Pandemic, MACNA, the Marine Aquarium Conference of North America, will return to the in-person format so many aquarists know and love. The...
by Matt Pedersen | Jul 22, 2022 | Marine, New Products
The Internet keeps making the world smaller. This week, a device for viewing and photographing corals top-down from SeaTorch, an under-the-radar brand that primarily has a presence in China and Australia, caught our attention on Instagram. Reef aquarist and author...
by Matt Pedersen | Jul 22, 2022 | CORAL Excerpt, Marine
Cover of CORAL Magazine Volume 19, Issue 4: REFUGIUMS GONE WILD (July/August, 2022). On the cover: Flame Angelfish, Centropyge loriculus: Doug Perrine/Blue Planet Archive. Background: Blue Monster Acropora, Acropora sp.: World Wide Corals. HEREWITH,...