Author: John C

Here’s an easy way to help protect the ocean: Ask your Congressional representative to keep American seafood sustainable and vote NO on H.R. 200.  Before ringing or writing your …

Five species of oysters are cultivated for food in the Puget Sound region: the Kumamoto (Crassostrea sikamea), the Pacific (Crassostrea gigas), the Eastern (Crassostrea virginica), the European (Ostrea edulis) …

During our visit to Germany for Interzoo 2018, the owners of NYOS and our friends at Ecotech Marine told us about a store that is a MUST place to …

Pethia sahit is a new barb species from the Krishna River system in the Western Ghats mountain ranges of India.  These barbs are brilliant metallic gold in coloration with …

Tentacles up if you can naut get enough of the nautilus! This cousin of the octopus is a living link with the past—little changed for more than 150 million …

 Yesterday, we presented to you our editorial about Interzoo 2018, and today we are talking about the booths we have visited. We’ll begin with Sicce, the Italian brand that showcased …

Utricularia graminifolia, a beautiful foreground plant, originated in Asia (Burma, China, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam) and was discovered in 1804 by Martin Vahl, but it was introduced in …

How does an octopus breathe? Where are its organs? And what’s this about a siphon?  Find out from intrepid cephalopod aquarist Candace about the general body plan of a …

 The 36th edition of the Interzoo of Norimberga2018 finished one month ago, and here we finally are to give you all the details, starting with our usual in depth editorial …

The scientists decided to name the shrimp after fictional characters, Bilbo and Frodo Baggins, the hobbit family from Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings book (and movie) universe.  Why?  Bof …