Undiscovered Species of the Deep Sea: Can We Find Them?
Researchers identified over five thousand previously undiscovered species in the CCZ region of the ocean, and they predict more.
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Shellfish Threatened by Ocean Acidification
Ocean acidification is killing young oysters, clams, and mussels in U.S. coastal regions that depend on these shellfish. Find out why.
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Coral Bleaching: Reefs Continue to Suffer
NOAA has announced that the third global coral bleaching event is underway. Find out what you might be able to do to help save the coral reefs.
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Harlequin Filefish Uses Smell to Fool Predators
Harlequin filefish can disguise their smell to hide from predators. In fact, they can make themselves smell like coral instead of fish. By Kate Stone Researchers have found an ingenious coral-eating fish that can change its smell to hide from predators. It’s the harlequin filefish, and it camouflages its scent to smell like the coral it’s eating. In other words, it manages to smell like its own food, and not like something else’s. “By feeding on corals, the harlequin filefish ends up smelling enough like its food that predators have…
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