Roa rumsfeldi: New Deepwater Butterflyfish

Roa rumsfeldi: New Deepwater Butterflyfish

A charismatic new butterflyfish has been discovered and described by a team of biologists from Monterey Bay Aquarium and the California Academy of Sciences exploring the Verde Island Passage in the Philippines, West Pacific Ocean. Roa rumsfeldi, as it has been...
Coral Reef Fish Roundup – New Fish Species

Coral Reef Fish Roundup – New Fish Species

Taxonomists and ichthyologists deserve some recognition for the recently brisk pace by which new species descriptions are being published. Here’s a quick look at some of the latest introductions to the ever-growing list of coral reef fish species. Roa rumsfeldi...
VIDEO: Lens of Time: Corals in Motion

VIDEO: Lens of Time: Corals in Motion

Pim Bongaerts is a coral biologist at the University of Queensland, AU, with an intense curiosity about everyday events on the reef, such as how certain corals survive burial in sand or being flipped up-side-down. bioGraphic Magazine, powered by the California Academy...
VIDEO: The Lobster and its Amazing Noses

VIDEO: The Lobster and its Amazing Noses

bioGraphic Magazine, powered by the California Academy of Sciences, recently released an artful look at the sensory world of the nocturnal American Lobster, Homarus americanus. As an example of what’s in store for the viewer, consider that the “Social Life...