Coral Reef Fact: When attacked or damaged Sea Stars (Class Asteroidea) are able to grow new arms. They usually have five arms but have been found with 4 or 6 arms, this may be because more than one arm has been damaged at one time. Donate to Reef Relief today and help protect our marine […]
February 23, 2011 “Today, in cooperation with the Sea Turtle Conservancy, Reef Relief Policy and Programs Director Paul G. Johnson presented a resolution in recognition and praise to the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission, it’s staff and volunteers in the rescue and release of cold stunned sea turtles in the Gulf of Mexico last […]
Coral Reef Fact: The Banded butteryfish’s (Chaetodon striatus) black bands & vertical, black bar through the eye, is designed to confuse predators. Learn more about butterflyfish Donate to Reef Relief today and help protect our marine environment.
Coral Reef Fact: Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus) are warm-blooded (homeothermic) and can thermoregulate, which means they can keep their body temperature higher than that of the surrounding water temperature. Because of this, they are capable of great speeds up to 50 miles per hour. Learn more Donate to Reef Relief today and help protect […]
Feb. 20, 2011 By Jason Palmer Science and technology reporter, BBC News, Washington DC The 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill “devastated” life on and near the seafloor, a marine scientist has said. Studies using a submersible found a layer, as much as 10cm thick in places, of dead animals and oil, said Samantha Joye of […]
By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer Seth Borenstein, Ap Science Writer – Sat Feb 19, 8:53 pm ET WASHINGTON – Oil from the BP spill remains stuck on the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, according to a top scientist's video and slides that she says demonstrate the oil isn't degrading as hoped and has decimated life on parts […]
Coral Reef Fact: Dolphins have to be conscious to breathe. This means that they cannot go into a full deep sleep, because then they would suffocate. Dolphins have “solved” that by letting one half of their brain sleep at a time. Learn more Donate to Reef Relief today and help protect our marine environment.
Coral Reef Fact: The male and female Candy Basslet (Liopropoma carmabi) have the same coloring, but on close examination the sexes can be distinguished on the basis of the pupils, which are larger in males. Learn more Join Reef Relief today to help protect our amazing coral reefs.
Coral Reef Fact: The Caribbean sharpnose puffer Canthigaster rostrata), and other puffers, often feed on hard-shelled prey, which can wear down their beak-like teeth. If hard-shelled prey were to become scarce, their teeth would overgrow in much the same way a rabbit’s teeth. Learn more Please support Reef Relief’s work to protect the coral reefs […]
Sunrise is still a good hour away when the first batch of limp, lifeless sharks are winched ashore and dumped on to the portside at Kesennuma. As daylight throws its first shadows on to the loading bay, fishery workers begin gutting the sharks before removing their fins with razor-sharp knives. It is a messy, blood-spattered […]