Southern California is well known for having amazing weather year-round, so hearing there is a hurricane looming off the coast may come as a surprise. The last time a tropical storm hit the west coast was in 1939. NOAA is…
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ReefStock Chattanooga Postponed
With much sadness and regret, we inform you that ReefStock Chattanooga will now not go ahead on the planned dates in September 2023. Originally intended to debut on Labor Day weekend, September 2nd and 3rd at the Chattanooga Convention Center,…
NOAA’s Proposal to Ban Banggai Cardinals is Instantly Out of Date
Reef Builders has learned that this week NOAA has announced a proposed rule to ban the import and export of Banggai cardinalfish in the USA, following a 2021 petition from conservation groups. “Far too many of these gorgeous little fish…
Why Coral Videos Can Make You Happier
We all know that too much screen time is bad for us; there’s loads of information out there that supports stepping away from our screen and stepping out into nature. I’m a huge advocate of doing just that, but some…
NOAA designates 6,500 square miles of Critical Habitat to protect Caribbean Corals
NOAA Fisheries has published a final rule to designate critical habitat for five species of Caribbean coral under the US Endangered Species Act. Effective from September 8, 2023, 28 mostly overlapping areas in US waters will be designated Critical Habitat,…
ALL LADIES Reef Therapy to Launch at ReefStock Chattanooga
Tired of hearing the boys talk about all of it? Let’s bring some ladies into the mix! For the first time, we will be having an ALL LADIES Reef Therapy launch during the ReefStock Chattanooga show. We intend to make…
Predatory Trumpetfish hide behind herbivores to get closer to prey
The West Atlantic trumpetfish, Aulostomus maculatus, is an opportunistic predatory Syngnathiforme that is often observed swimming vertically amongst gorgonians to conceal itself from prey. But camouflage isn’t its only predatory tactic, as it’s also known to use the bodies of…
Indonesian Acropora tenuis has been renamed Acropora bifaria
A team of 11 coral researchers has used phylogenomic techniques to resolve the taxonomy of the genus Acropora. Historically, coral taxonomy was based almost exclusively on skeletal morphology, resulting in the description of some 400 species of Acropora, with two-thirds…
New TRITON Research Vessel Gears up for Trace Element Investigation on the Great Barrier Reef
Four years ago TRITON created a new Science Division for seawater chemistry, located on the Great Barrier Reef in Cairns, Australia. Now, their brand new customized vessel “Calliste,” will allow for research into areas of Macro and Trace Elements based…
Ancient Sea Predator Dunkleosteus Was Less Than Half Its Estimated Size
A researcher from the Case Western Reserve University has come up with a new way of guestimating the size of the ferocious-looking Dunkleosteus terrelli, which roamed the Devonian seas 400 million years ago. Dunkleosteus was thought to be one of…