Coral Reef Fact: Ordinary life cycle of a Sea biscuit (video) Sand dollar/Sea biscuit (Clypeaster subdepressus) larvae can clone themselves as a mechanism of self defense. “Larvae exposed to mucus from predatory fish can clone themselves, effectively halving their size. The smaller larvae are believed to better escape detection from fish predators, but may increase […]
Southern California researchers say about 35% of fish they collected in the northern Pacific Ocean in 2008 had plastic in their stomachs. The study shows the troubling effect floating litter is having on marine life, the researchers say. Read the article March 11, 2011|By Tony Barboza, Los Angeles Times
The tsunami that struck Japan on Friday brought back memories of the tsunami of 2004 that devastated many parts of Sri Lanka. At the time, the steady destruction of coral reefs around the country was believed to have aggravated the impact of the disaster. The theory was confirmed by Sri Lankan scientist, Harindra Fernando, who […]
Coral Reef Fact: The Orange ball corallimorph (Pseudocorynactis carribbeorum) resembles sea anemones but is not. You can see the difference from sea anemones in the tentacles which radiate out from the middle, forming concentric circles. Read more Donate to Reef Relief today & help protect our astounding marine environment go to reefrelief.org/act/donate
Coral Reef Fact: Just like traffic signals, Stoplight Parrotfish (Sparisoma viride) undergo a color change during their life-cycles: they change from red to green. Donate to Reef Relief today & help protect our astounding marine environment go to reefrelief.org/act/donate
Coral Reef Fact: The Portuguese Man o’ War (Physalia physalis) is a siphonophore, which differ from jellyfish in that they are not actually a single creature, but a colonial organism made up of many highly-specialized individuals called zooids. The zooids are attached to each other and are incapable of independent survival. Learn more Donate to […]
Coral Reef Fact: Longjaw squirrelfish (Neoniphon marianus) can produce a chattering noise by grinding their teeth in the throat and stretching muscles against their long gas bladder. Donate to Reef Relief today and help protect our marine environment.
ISLA MUJERES, MEXICO – U.S. and Mexican scientists believe they are close to solving one of the shark world’s great mysteries. They want to know why whale sharks, the largest shark species, gather each year by the hundreds in the teal-blue waters off this Yucatan Peninsula barrier island. Read the full article Special to The […]
By Daily Mail Reporter 8th March 2011 They are known as the ocean’s gentle giants, but an alarming rise in manta and mobula ray hunting could threaten the very existence of the species. From India to Ecuador, manta and mobula fishing has become big business for fisheries who are selling their gills to be used […]
March 6, 2011: Detroit Free Press Baby dolphins, some barely 3 feet in length, are washing up along the Mississippi and Alabama coastlines at 10 times the normal rate of stillborn and infant deaths, researchers say. Seventeen young dolphins, either aborted or dead soon after birth, have been collected along the shorelines in recent weeks, […]