Animal Movers – from Birch to CAS
From Animal Movers http://vimeo.com/45345343 Animal movers moved coral from Birch to CAS. You get to see me in a wet suit.
2011 Philippine Biodiversity Expedition Part 2
From ReefsMagazine Collecting, Getting Stuff Home and New Discoveries Link to Part 1 http://vimeo.com/36865036 This video from the 2011 Philippine Biodiversity Expedition give you a good idea why the Verde Island Passage has been called ‘the center of the center of marine biodiversity’. Researchers from the California Academy of Sciences have been visiting the Verde […]
Halcurias at Steinhart
From Reefs.com Last December when Koji Wada of the renowned Blue Harbor visited the Steinhart Aquarium he was kind enough to bring us two stunning Halcuriascarlgreni anemones. From Japans deeper, cooler waters, these anemones are jaw droppingly bright and colorful. Currently, they are being kept at 66 degrees in our Nautilus exhibit and both animals […]
Scuba Santa
From various Children watch as aquarium biologist Rich Ross, dressed as Scuba Santa Claus, swims away after hand feeding fish mysis shrimp and fish food at the 212,000 gallon Philippine coral reef at the California Academy of Sciences’ Steinhart Aquarium in San Francisco.
Two species of Ghost Pipefish spawn and produce larvae
From Advanced Aquarist On 2011 Philippine Biodiversity Expedition, biologists from the Steinhart Aquarium in the California Academy of Sciences collected two species of Ghost pipefish, the Ornate Ghost Pipefish (Solenostomus paradoxus) and the Robust Ghostpipefish (Solenostomus cyanopterus). In June 2011 we reportedon the spawning and rearing attempts of the Ornate Ghostpipefish and were proud to […]