The photo of the day at NGM on Nov 25 – can you find the small anemone shrimp in and around the anemone? Get a closer look at NGM and this is an entry into their 2012 Photo Contest Read More

Google Street View, the interactive panorama feature within Google Maps. Google on Wednesday added panoramic undersea images of the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, the underwater life around the Hawaiian islands (Molokini Crafter, Hanauma Bay), and the waters off the Apo Islands in the Philippines. In Street View you can zoom in and out on [...] Read More

You can team up with HabCam and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution to help identify species and ground cover in images of the seafloor along the northeast continental shelf. Seafloor Explorer asks you to help identify objects (after a very brief tutorial): fish, scallops and other organisms plus provide basic measurements and describe the sea [...] Read More

Online communities are a valuable resource for information to help learn about the saltwater aquarium hobby and are an opportunity for exchange among all levels from beginner to advanced. So go connect with others who share your reef keeping passion – your bound to learn a lot and enjoy a laugh or two along the [...] Read More

La Mer and National Geographic have teamed up to give you a chance to win a National Geographic Expeditions trip of a lifetime along with thousands of dollars in ocean-inspired products. You can submit up to three (3) different photos until July 31, 2012, at 11:59:59 p.m. ET. “Acceptable submissions are any ocean-related images, including [...] Read More

The Peacock Mantis Shrimp packs a punch able to break through mollusk shells and aquarium glass without injuring itself. An new study reveals that a unique composition and structure stops cracks in their track and offers clues into designing stronger and lighter materials. “The impact region features a highly crystallized form of the mineral hydroxyapatite, [...] Read More

There seems to be an increasing interest in the making, installing, stocking and the keeping of reef and marine tanks as evidenced by the reality show Tanked (on Animal Planet) and the new Fish Tank Kings (on National Geographic Wild) Have you seen either of these? What do you think? See videos and more about [...] Read More

National Geographic has posted the winners of their 2012 best underwater pictures amateur photo contest. Take a minute to look through the images including this one take off theCaribbean island of Bonaire. Read More

March 31 marked the end of the Captive Reefs 2011 Grow Out contest that started way back in October 2011. Participants received the same frag set (king midas, Aussie invaders, baboon butts, dexters, almond joys, egg drops, mean greens, and safe crackers). At the end of the contest a random frag was drawn and the [...] Read More

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute has a new portable bilingual species identification guide for the shore fishes of the tropical Eastern Pacific as a free iPhone application. Now you can carry the means to identify almost 1300 species in your pocket, create and share lists that correspond to specific regions or field trips. Browse alphabetic lists [...] Read More