Coral Reef Fact: Caribbean spiny lobsters (Panulirus argus) migrate along shore and offshore seasonally; traveling in single-file lines to deeper water in order to evade the stresses of the cold and turbid waters. Lobster Migration scene – From the Trials of Life Donate to Reef Relief today and help protect our marine environment.
Coral Reefs support the activities of an estimated 500 million people globally.Yet, in the Caribbean and Florida Keys more than 75% of the reefs are considered threatened, with more than 30% in the high and very high threat categories. Read the new Reefs at Risk Revisited Report here Coral reefs around the world are experiencing […]
Coral Reef Fact: Moray Eels secrete a protective mucus over their smooth, scaleless skin which in some species contains a toxin. Learn more Donate to Reef Relief today and help protect our marine environment.
Coral Reef Fact: The Southern Stargazer (Astroscopus y-graecum) is designed so that its’ eyes, nostrils, most of the mouth are above the sand when they bury themselves to ambush prey. They are, also, capable of protruding their eyes for a short distance above the sand. Learn more Donate to Reef Relief today and help protect […]
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 […]