Reef Relief 25th Anniversary Design Debuts
(Key West, FL) – Key West based nonprofit, Reef Relief received a special birthday present this year from noted wildlife artist, Durwood Coffey. Mr. Coffey donated a stunning new design to celebrate Reef Relief’s silver anniversary. This design will appear on new Reef Relief t-shirts and other organization materials to help raise funds to support […]
Scientists discover pillar corals spawning off Key Largo
Published On: Aug 08 2012 06:27:40 PM EDT. http://www.local10.com/ KEY LARGO, Fla. – For the first time ever, scientists from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission have documented male and female pillar corals spawning. Saturday, researchers diving off Key Largo witnessed male pillar coral colonies releasing clouds of milky sperm, followed by females a few […]
Turtle tragedy: Work crews crush thousands of leatherback eggs, hatchlings on Trinidad beach
By Associated Press, Published: July 9 KINGSTON, Jamaica — Thousands of leatherback turtle eggs and hatchlings have been crushed by heavy machinery along a Trinidad beach widely regarded as the world’s densest nesting area for the biggest of all living sea turtles, conservationists said Monday. Government work crews with bulldozers were redirecting the Grand Riviere, a […]
South Korea unveils ‘scientific’ whaling proposal
By Richard Black Environment correspondent, BBC News, Panama City. July 4, 1012 South Korea is proposing to hunt whales under regulations permitting scientific research whaling, echoing the programmes of its neighbour, Japan. Hunting would take place near the Korean coast on minke whales. How many would be caught is unclear. The South Korean delegation to […]
Jumping for joy! Humpback whales breach off the coast of Alaska for the sheer fun of it
By Tom Goodenough PUBLISHED: 10:18 EST, 27 June 2012 | UPDATED: 10:19 EST, 27 June 2012. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/ Nature can often leave us marvelling with its expressive and colourful displays of beauty. But a show of pure happiness put on by wildlife is probably a little more unusual. That’s exactly what these Alaskan humpback whales were […]
NRDC ‘s 2012 Testing the Waters:A Guide to Water Quality at Vacation Beaches
The NRDC has released there 2012 beach report. It found that “Our nation’s beaches continue to experience significant water pollution that hurts local economies and puts the health of beachgoers and swimmers at risk.” Read the report now at http://www.nrdc.org/water/oceans/ttw/beach-ratings.asp
Fight for the Future of Coral Reefs
Center for Biological Diversity Action Alert Corals are vanishing at an alarming rate, and scientists warn that these reefs are poised to become the first mass ecosystem extinction produced by manmade climate change. The loss of coral reefs, the ocean’s greatest hotspots of biodiversity, would be a critical blow to the wide array of marine […]
Science The 7 Weirdest Creatures Under The Sea
Andrew Liszewski May 10, 2012 4:00 PM. http://www.gizmodo.com.a If you’re looking for a good fright, forget about going to see a horror movie or wandering through a cemetery in the middle of the night. Just flip on the National Geographic channel and find yourself a good documentary about the horrors lurking under the sea. Living […]
Coral Reefs Are Being Decimated, All for a Few Gaudy Trinkets
By Chris Sweeney Thursday, May 3 2012. Miami New Times Kate Lunz didn’t know what to expect as she piloted her white Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission truck to the Port of Tampa in July 2010. The day before, customs authorities had called the 32-year-old, PhD-toting marine biologist and asked her to inspect the […]
Fishermen blast premier dive sites off Indonesia
JACOB HERIN | Published: April 20, 2012 KOMODO ISLAND, Indonesia (AP) — Coral gardens that were among Asia‘s most spectacular, teeming with colorful sea life just a few months ago, have been transformed into desolate gray moonscapes by illegal fishermen who use explosives or cyanide to kill or stun their prey. Photo view all 6 […]