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 […]
WASHINGTON (Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011) – Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) Tuesday renewed his efforts to enact legislation to enhance penalties for corporations and individuals responsible for environmental crimes. Leahy first introduced the Environmental Crimes Enforcement Act in June 2010, following the April explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. The […]
Athens, Ga. – A new University of Georgia study that is the first to examine comprehensively the magnitude of hydrocarbon gases released during the Deepwater Horizon Gulf of Mexico oil discharge has found that up to 500,000 tons of gaseous hydrocarbons were emitted into the deep ocean. The authors conclude that such a large gas […]
www.thecourier.com.au By, ANDREW DARBY 16 Feb, 2011 01:53 PM Japan’s whaling fleet is believed to be quitting the Antarctic under heavy conservationist and diplomatic pressure, just halfway through its worst season. The Japanese government has decided to cut short the season and the fleet is heading back to port, sources in Tokyo told the International […]
Underwatertimes.com News Service February 15, 2011 21:32 EST TUCSON, Arizona — Rising sea levels could threaten an average of 9 percent of the land within 180 U.S. coastal cities by 2100, according to new research led by University of Arizona scientists. The Gulf and southern Atlantic coasts will be particularly hard hit. Miami, New Orleans, […]
Coral Reef Fact: Pink Shrimp (Penaeus Duorarum) found off SW Florida are often known as “Tortugas” or “Key West” pinks. This population does not share their habitat with as many other fish as shrimp do in other locations. Their harvest can result in fewer non-target species being caught than fishing for other shrimp in different […]
In December, EWG published the first national investigation of the suspected carcinogen chromium-6 — also known as hexavalent chromium — in drinking wa ter in 35 cities around the country. Recently, Senators Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., and Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., introduced Senate Bill 79, the Protecting Pregnant Women and Children From Hexavalent Chromium Act of 2011. […]