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Jim Toomey and Sherman's Lagoon

This American syndicate cartoonist is now proud to call himself a marine conservationist, too. Thanks to the popularity of his syndicated comic strip, Sherman's Lagoon, which features marine animals under the sea trying to get along with each other, Jim Toomey is now educating himself and the rest of the world on the issues facing our marine environment.In the mean...

| Saturday, 30 January 2010

What To Do With Bristle Worms?

Often, when I'm cleaning my aquarium, I run into bristle worms. The first time I ever found them in my aquarium, my mind ran wild with the evil things these foreign looking worms could do in my aquarium. They can be kind of freaky to run into if you've never dealt with them before, but before you panic there are...

Luke | Wednesday, 27 January 2010

Mer-Women and Fish-Men: Humans Engineered for Ocean Living

Humans are fairly fragile organisms. Sure we live just fine on the surface of the Earth, as long as there is enough air and the temperature is neither too hot nor too cold. That means that we cannot explore the more extreme areas of our planet - or any planet - without technical assistance of some kind. Currently it's good...

Peggy | Tuesday, 26 January 2010

EMEC: The One and Only

Did you know there's only one wave and tide power test facility in all of Europe?Yep, it's true. The European Marine Energy Centre is the only place in the entire European continent that will prototypes of renewable marine energy devices. The Reef Tank wanted to find out all about this amazing feat and had the chance to chat with Eileen...

| Monday, 25 January 2010

A Picture's Worth A Thousand Words

A picture's worth a thousand words. This could easily be Richard Ellis's motto for life and perhaps it has been to this today. Richard Ellis is a painter. But not just any painter. The talent is currently recognized as the foremost painter of marine natural history subjects in America. He's painted lots of pieces, including--get this--a 35-foot long whale mural...

| Saturday, 16 January 2010

Plants and Professional Aquariums

Jennifer Frazer feels at peace when she visits aquariums and watches the fish and plants float by. She relates it to a spiritual awakening. And yet, aquariums aren't even her field or specialty. Jennifer is a plant lover and a science writer. She's a biologist and a blogger. And despite not knowing a whole lot about plants that live in...

| Sunday, 10 January 2010

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