It’s Friday and we have a slew of fun, interesting and unusual posts for our Friday Smorgasbord. In this week’s edition we have underwater art, a library that won’t be getting ‘Tanked,’ an interesting take on staycations and we’ll be…
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Sea urchins may be one gigantic eye
It appears sea urchins might just use their entire body as one huge eye. Previous research has shown certain marine invertebrates react to light even without apparent “eyes” leaving scientists to wonder how did they see but new research suggests…
Waikiki Aquarium’s outdoor reef display chronicled in this video from the year 2000
The Waikiki Aquarium’s outdoor stony coral reef display has long been one of the first great examples of stony coral growth in a captive environment. The dense coral growth, amazing colors and the pioneering techniques that are a part of…
Richard Ross: Collecting/Farming in Tonga
Sitting down and listening to Richard Ross giving us the inside slant at farming and collecting corals in Tonga was a pleasure. Rich,who besides working at the famous Steinhart Aquarium, California Academy of Sciences is a cephalopod guru. Farming in…
