Weekly Ocean News
Ecosystems and Biodiversity
Three new species of snailfish have been discovered living 7.5 kilometres below the surface of the ocean. These snailfish have gel-like bodies that are actually together by the crus...
Learning to Love Lionfish — For Dinner!
With their spikey fins, imposing eyes and venomous spines, lionfish don’t exactly look like good eating. And that’s part of the reason this Indo-Pacific species is wreaking havoc on ecosystems in other parts of...
You’re Not Going to Hear this “Tiger” Roar
There’s nothing like a Katy Perry reference to make you think, “Ah, I’ve stumbled upon a reputable science and conservation site…”
All jokes aside, this is a blog post about the tiger rat snake (Spilotes pul...
Corals are All Business, No Romance
The staghorn coral is the one with branch-like protrusions in the middle.
There’s no love or romance in coral reproduction. It’s just eggs, sperm, and let’s get reproducin’. While Hannah Evans, senior biolog...
A Growing Coral Garden at the Aquarium
Corals are not known to play nice. After all, survival is the name of the game when you’re an animal living in the ocean.
Lee is the Aquarium's curator of tropical waters.
“It’s absolute warfare,” say Le...
The Oh-So-Sprightly Slender Mudskipper
Meet an animal that constantly moves between land and water, living life on the edge - literally. The slender mudskipper (Periophthalmus gracilis) is an amphibious animal that can be found in the new mangrove e...