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I work in coral reef management on a daily basis, yet your course not only refreshed, but brought new insight and knowledge. For example, redlip blennies lacking a swim bladder explains a lot of the behaviour we observe on the reef with respect to this little creature. I am really impressed - this is a fantastic course.
Angelique, Scientist, Coastal Zone Management Unit, Government of Barbados

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CORAL REEF ALLIANCE NEWS

Some See Clean Water Act Settlement Opening New Path to GHG Curbs

Allison Winter
Source: The New York Times
March 12, 2010

U.S. EPA settled a lawsuit yesterday by agreeing to...
Taiwanese Couple Pleads Guilty to Illegally Trading Protected Black Coral

Source: PR Newswire
March 11, 2010

Two Taiwanese nationals pleaded guilty today in federal court in the U.S. Virgin...
Endangered Listing Eyed for US Loggerhead Turtles

Jay Lindsay
Source: The Associated Press
March 11, 2010

Boston, MA - The federal government on Wednesday recommended an...

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Queen Triggerfish - Balistes vetula

Did You Know? Triggerfish get their name from the unique trigger system of their dorsal spines. When the first dorsal…

French Angelfish - Pomacanthus paru

Approach: These fish are easily approached, and are sometimes even curious of divers and snorkelers.Divers can sometimes observe spawning activities…

Blue Tang - Acanthurus coeruleus

Feeding Behaviour: Blue tangs are ravenous herbivores and are important for controlling the growth of algae, which competes with corals…

Caribbean Spiny Lobster

Approach: During the day, lobsters often huddle inside protective caves and crevices, where they are easy to approach.

Threespot damselfish - Stegastes planifrons

Attack & Defence Behaviour: Threespot damselfish are fiercely territorial and will even defend their territories against intruders many times their…

Banded Butterflyfish - Chaetodon striatus

Feeding Behaviour: Banded butterflyfish are carnivores that actively forage throughout the day for invertebrates. They scan the bottom for

Redlip blenny - Ophioblennius atlanticus

Attack & Defence Behaviour: Redlip blennies defend algae patches and nests inside small territories against other blennies and other small…

Southern Stingray - Dasyatis americana

Reproductive Behaviour: Stingrays, like sharks, reproduce sexually by internal fertilization and give birth to as many as 10 live young…

Barred Hamlet - Hypoplectrus puella

Attack & Defense Behaviour: Barred hamlets are fiercely territorial and use a wide range of aggressive signals to defend their…

Nurse shark - Ginglymostoma cirratum

Feeding Behaviour: Nurse sharks are active, nocturnal predators that consume a variety of prey. They have jaws specialized for sucking…

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Team Oceana Looks Ahead to 2010

Team Oceana ended its inaugural triathlon season last month in Malibu, but there's already plenty of buzz building up to 2010. For starters, we...
Whale Wednesday: Save the Carbon Sinks

There’s no shortage of blame to go around when it comes to climate change. Individuals are responsible for poor consumer choices; we drive the...

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Thousands of tons of illegal timber in Madagascar readied for export

As the President of France, Nicholas Sarkozy, argues in Paris that more funding is needed to stop deforestation and mitigate climate change, a shipment...
US Congressman pushes for bird-friendly buildings
Birds may see pleasanter skies in the US soon, if Congressman Mike Quigley has his way. Quigley, a democrat from Illinois, has introduced legislation that...
Sharks swim safe around the Maldives
Sharks that dwell in the Maldives can breathe a sigh of relief: the island nation has declared 90,000 square kilometers of the Indian Ocean a...
Secrets of the Amazon: giant anacondas and floating forests, an interview with Paul Rosolie

At twenty-two Paul Rosolie has seen more adventure than many of us will in our lifetime. First visiting the Amazon at eighteen, Rosolie has...
Flower farms may be killing Kenya's Lake Naivasha
Heavily polluted and shrinking, Lake Naivasha is in dire trouble. Environmentalists say the cause is clear: flower farms. Some 60 flower farms line the entire...


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Banded Butterflyfish - Chaetodon striatus

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