Reef Fact: Coral reefs are home to 25% of fish species. Click here to learn more Click here to watch the Blue Planet video about these species Please support Reef Relief’s work to improve and protect Florida Keys coral reefs. Donate now at www.reefrelief.org/donate
Reef Fact: Coral reefs play a major role in the protection of coastlines from harmful erosion. Click here to learn more Please support Reef Relief’s work to improve and protect our coral reefs. Donate now at www.reefrelief.org/donate
ScienceDaily (Dec. 17, 2010) — Global biodiversity surveys over the past few years have provided increasing evidence that our planet is in the midst of its sixth mass extinction. Plants, animals, and microorganisms are disappearing thousands of times more rapidly than they have for more than 65 million years, and for the first time in […]
Reef Fact: West Indian manatees have no natural enemies, and it is believed they can live 60 years or more. Learn more about manatees here Please support Reef Relief’s work to improve and protect our coral reefs. www.reefrelief.org/donate
Reef Fact: Christmas tree worms are found in a variety of colors and measure 2-3 cm in diameter, dozens of these worms will typically adorn massive coral heads in local waters. Click here to see a video of Christmas tree worms
Reef Fact: Goliath grouper produce a distinctly audible rumbling sound generated by the muscular contraction of the swim bladder. This sound travels great distances underwater and is used to locate other grouper and as a territorial warning. Please support Reef Relief's work to protect coral reefs. www.reefrelief.org/donate
GLOBAL ZENIT NEWS Rome’s Zenit News VATICAN CITY, DEC. 21, 2010 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI is congratulating Seychelles for having “surmounted the challenge of the world economic crisis,” as the country “continues to progress and to affirm itself on the path of peace, prosperity and stability.” The Pope said this last Thursday when he received the […]
Reef Fact: Octopuses have sensory receptors at the bottom of their suckers that enable them to “taste” whatever they touch. Please donate now to support our work to improve and protect coral reefs. www.reefrelief.org/donate
Switchboard Natural Resources Defense Council Staff Blog Posted December 16, 2010 in Living Sustainably, Moving Beyond Oil, Reviving the World’s Oceans, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places by Sarah Chasis Read the full report : Florida Keys & the Gulf Oil Disaster: Stories Shared and Lessons Learned The cerulean waters of the Florida Keys are a […]
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