Coral Reef Fact: One big threat to the ocean sunfish (Mola mola) or common mola is floating litter such as plastic bags which resemble their main food, jellyfish. Bags can choke and suffocate an individual or fill its stomach to the extent that it starves.Learn more Please support Reef Relief’s work to keep our reefs […]
Coral Reef Fact: The Rough Sea Plume/Feather Gorgonian (Muriceopis flavida) can form different shapes depending on water movement. A bushy appearance occurs in turbulent waters. A flat fan shape occurs when the water current sways the gorgonian back and forth. Please support Reef Relief’s work to protect coral reefs. More info
by Jaymi Heimbuch, San Francisco, California on 01.28.11 Treehugger Travel & Nature Dr. Gregory Stone, Senior Vice President and Chief Ocean Scientist for Conservation International, gave an inspiring TED talk during the Mission Blue Voyage called “Saving The Ocean, One Island at a Time” during which he explained how a new strategy for protecting Kiribati’s […]
Coral Reef Fact: Learn more here Flamingo tongue (Cyphoma gibbosum) snails are recognized world wide as having beautiful shells. However, the brightly colored spots on the shell are not permanent. The color of the shell is due to the mantle of the animal inside the shell. When the animal dies, all that is left is […]
Coral Reef Fact: The larva of the Sea Spider has a body that consists of only a head and its three pairs of cephalic appendages only: the chelifores, palps and ovigers. The abdomen and the thorax with its thoracic appendages develops later. Learn more
To combat last year’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill, nearly 800,000 gallons of chemical dispersant were injected directly into the oil and gas flow coming out of the wellhead nearly one mile deep in the Gulf of Mexico. Now, as scientists begin to assess how well the strategy worked at breaking up oil droplets, Woods Hole […]
SEA TURTLE HOMECOMING, CLASS OF 2010: A Proactive Coastal Conservation Agenda for Florida For the people who live near the Gulf of Mexico —– and, indeed, for Americans everywhere —– the catastrophic Deepwater Horizon oil spill during the summer of 2010 will be an event forever etched in our memories. It was a time of […]
A talk by Dr. Ove Hoegh-Guldberg on Climate Change Impacts on Ocean Ecosystems in the 21st Century from the 2011 NCSE conference in Washington, DC “Our Changing Oceans”. Watch the video
Coral Reef Fact: nursesharkvideo.jpg Nurse sharks are nocturnal animals, spending the day in large inactive groups of up to 40 individuals. Hidden under submerged ledges or in crevices within the reef, the nurse sharks seem to prefer specific resting sites and will return to them each day after the night’s hunting. Please support our work […]
Please take the time to VOTE in this online poll by the Key West Citizen about a $5-6 million feasibility study for widening the Cruise Ship channel! Please go to the link below or www.keysnews.com, then vote for A,B,C, or D. Please send this to all your friends. The poll is located at the bottom […]