by CORAL Magazine | Sep 21, 2013 | Marine
New study will look at a reported trend of stony corals losing ground to gorgonians on Caribbean reefs A new study investigates why gorgonian corals, which can form a ‘canopy’ over reefs, appear to be proliferating in certain places. BUFFALO, N.Y. — As Earth’s...
by Ronald L. Shimek, PhD | Sep 13, 2013 | CORAL - Ronald L. Shimek, PhD, Marine
Instead of Peter, Peter, Pumpkin-Eater, the phrase about Mantas entered my laughingly limited lexicon in the spring of 1991 when a few folks I knew, and a larger bunch that I didn’t, took a diving trip to Micronesia. Of course, I went along to look at the...
by CORAL Magazine | Sep 11, 2013 | Marine
Jakarta, Indonesia – A highly charismatic species of walking shark has been discovered in the remote eastern Indonesian island of Halmahera. The epaulette (long tailed carpet) shark, Hemiscyllium halmahera, uses its fins to “walk” across the ocean floor in search of...
by CORAL Magazine | Aug 28, 2013 | CORAL Excerpt, Marine
By Daniel Knop Web Bonus Content from the September/October 2013 Issue of CORAL Magazine Additional Bonus Brittle Star Articles Spider-like, they emerged from all cracks and crevices. It looked almost like an alien invasion in a science fiction movie. Countless arms...
by CORAL Magazine | Aug 28, 2013 | CORAL Excerpt, Marine
Although brittle stars are not main attraction in most reefs, they do make an interesting side show. By Daniel Knop Web Bonus Content from the September/October 2013 Issue of CORAL Magazine Additional Bonus Brittle Star Articles Brittle stars have a peculiar body...
