Recently scientists from Israel encountered a strange sight—a coral eating a jellyfish in the Red Sea. We saw this news posted on the BBC’s website and did a bit more digging. Typically larger predators are the animals taking advantage of…
Mantis shrimp eyes: the key to next generation high def devices
The mantis shrimp is definitely one of the most intriguing reef creatures and recent news is showing their sensitive eyes are leading researchers to uncover new ways to revolutionize communications. It seems stomatopods, who haven’t evolved too much in the…
Robotic fish to swim, monitor the open seas
Robotic fish are not the latest Hollywood horror flick but they are looking to make a “splash†and be released in the wild to monitor and transmit conditions from bodies of water to researchers ashore. In tandem, zoologists and engineers…
Aquarium nuisance lends its “sting” to medicine
Aiptasia. The name alone brings shudders through many aquarists’ bodies but this prolific reef tank nuisance is being put to good use by the Israeli bio-medical firm NanoCyte. According to a recent article in New Scientist, the company has found…
You don’t know Jack about coral identification
Do you think you can tell the difference between your Porites compressa and Porites lobata? If your answer is yes then guess again. New research from Zac Forsman and his research crew looked at genetic markers to see how coral…
Coral gene determines coral competition and aggression
A research project published today in the journal Current Biology by Matthew Nicotra et. al has discovered a Cnidarian gene which probably explains how corals and anemones react to one another. Researchers used lab strains of Hydractinia with and without…
Rare video footage of deepwater marine life on Davidson Seamount
The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute has been churning out a lot of eye popping videos lately. Hot on the heels of the unbelievable barreleye fish, this video footage from the Davidson Seamount includes many rarely seen deep water corals,…
New photos of the amazing deepwater Barreleye fish
Don’t expect to see this one become available from your LFS any time soon, or ever. The deepwater specialist (and staring contest champion) has two large tubular eyes and transparent dome covering it’s vision. It is believed that this fish…
