Friday Smorgasbord: Groundhog Day edition

Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow and that means six more weeks of winter. We have another video edition for you with some darker stories about the state of our oceans and reefs, but have some lighthearted and inspirational posts to boot.…

Friday Smorgasbord: Insane in the Chromatophores, Shark bait, lionfish derby results, improving reefs via water, and garbage cleanup off Miami reef

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-OVrI9x8Zs[/youtube] We like squids and we like Cypress Hill. Combine the two and you have this visually stunning and scientifically fascinating video. Cephalopods change their appearance through color-changes cells called chromatophores that are neurologically stimulated via electrical signals in the squid.…

Giant fish sculpture rising from beach made from recycled plastic bottles

Last week’s Rio+20 event for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development an enormous beach installation was created uses discarded plastic bottles to remind people to reduce the amount of plastic bottles they use and to properly dispose of them when done.…