Coral reef fish can undergo a personality change in warmer water, according to an intriguing new study suggesting that climate change may make some species more aggressive.

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As a special holiday gift, I wanted to repost this awesome poem by George Adkins, who is the president of the Central Oklahoma Marine Aquarium Society (COMAS), that originally appeared at Reef Builders. George has taken "The Night Before Christmas" and tuned it to our hobby. It is beautiful and funny, something you may want to share with your tank inhabitants on this blessed holiday---enjoy!

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Happy holidays from my family to all of you! I am hoping you all enjoy your holidays and the special time with family, friends and especially your reef! It has been a chaotic couple of months on my end and am enjoying a 12-day break from work and am looking forward to the time to decompress and just enjoy some great times with family and friends.

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I am a whale researcher and conservationist, writes Erich Hoyt, Senior Research Fellow with the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society and MarineBio’s Director of Marine Mammals. Recently I became very interested in toothfish in Antarctica. At up to 2.5 m long they can be the size of a porpoise or dolphin. Left alone, they live [...]

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Scientists are reporting the first identification of substances involved in the Jekyll-and-Hyde transformation that changes harmless marine bacteria into killers that cause "coral bleaching."

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Researchers are collecting marine invertebrates on the French Polynesian island of Moorea as part of a massive effort to inventory the DNA sequence of every living species there.

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