by Ronald L. Shimek, PhD | Aug 13, 2015 | CORAL - Ronald L. Shimek, PhD, Marine
The time is in the early 1860’s, in the midst of the American Civil War, but no matter, science moves on. One of the early American pioneers of malacology, the study of mollusks, was Augustus Addison Gould, who was born in 1805 and graduated from Harvard College...
by Ronald L. Shimek, PhD | Jul 27, 2015 | CORAL - Ronald L. Shimek, PhD, Marine
One of the reasons I enjoy the reef aquarium hobby is the continual chance to see something odd. The regular animals that I purchase for my systems are interesting enough, I suppose, but after a while they lack the pizzazz that comes with seeing something brand new in...
by Ronald L. Shimek, PhD | Jul 7, 2014 | CORAL - Ronald L. Shimek, PhD, Marine
Editor: This is Dr.Ron Shimek’s note about a image of feather dusters that recently arrived at A&M Aquatics in Lansing, Michigan, and were photographed by Ryan Shelander for a Rarities piece in the current issue of CORAL. Brian Wagner, also of A&M says...
by Ronald L. Shimek, PhD | May 19, 2014 | CORAL - Ronald L. Shimek, PhD, Marine
What marine animals eat in their natural environment has always interested me. As an aquarist, and as a zoologist, I know that finding the proper food and feeding it in proper amounts is probably the most important factor in animal husbandry. In the natural...