Besides sexual reproduction, the pinnacle of reef keeping is and has always been a display tank full of tank-grown stony corals and Juan Gabriel Grajales’ reef tank is a shining example thereof. We’ve seen a lot of reef aquarium displays…
Cozumel Coral Reef Restoration Program
Cozumel Coral Reef Restoration Program Last week I have the pleasure of visiting the Cozumel Coral Reef Restoration Program run by Germán Méndez. Over the past 40 years, parts of the reef in Cozumel have seen an 80% decline in coral…
FREE DOWNLOAD – Guide To Marine Species of Isla Mujeres and Cancun Mexico
Marine Species Isla Mujeres and Cancun The east coast of the Yucatan peninsula Mexico, boasts some of the Caribbeans healthiest reefs. The reefs around Cancun and Island Mujeres are a popular diving destination and, if you’re heading to this region…
Coral Bleaching Hits Mesoamerican Reef
For the past month reports of coral bleaching along the Mesoamerican reef have been making their way to my inbox. From Cancun to Honduras it seems multiple stretches of the worlds second largest coral reef have suffered some degree of…
U.S. Navy Dolphins To Help Save Endangered Vaquita Porpoises
Vaquita In Danger With only 60 individual Vaquita Porpoises left in the wild, the U.S Navy is stepping in and will deploy specially trained bottlenose dolphins to help protect this vulnerable species. The dolphins are trained to search for underwater mines…
Population of Vaquita porpoises falls to 60 individuals
The Vaquita is a rare species of porpoise, found only in the norther part of the Gulf of California. Unfortunately due to illegal fishing the Vaquita and it’s habitat are under attack and only 60 individuals remain in the wild. “We are…
Cabo Pulmo Marine Reserve threatened by proposed resort
Just one month after an uplifting update on the success of the Cabo Pulmo Marine Reserve in Mexico, a huge potential blow the fragile reserve is brewing with word of a new Cancun-style resort that has “all but final approval”…
