The Garden Island

Meet uhu, the pale-nose parrot-fish

The 18-inch-long palenose parrot-fish is the most-common parrotfish species we have here in Hawai‘i, and also the smallest. Several of the other species grow up to three feet long, and they are all ...
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Biodegradable straws help protect coral

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- South Florida researchers trying to prevent predatory fish from devouring laboratory-grown coral are grasping at biodegradable straws in an effort to restore what some call ...
BusinessMirror

Apo Reef Natural Park: Occidental Mindoro’s ‘crown jewel,’ PHL’s 14th Asean Heritage Park

Known as Mindoro’s “crown jewel,” the Apo Reef Natural Park (ARNP) is home to some of the world’s diverse fish species, ...
Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Scientists grasping at straws while trying to protect infant corals from hungry fish

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. >> South Florida researchers trying to prevent predatory fish from devouring laboratory-grown coral are grasping at biodegradable straws in an effort to restore what some call ...
Orlando Sentinel

Biodegradable straws could prevent new coral from becoming expensive fish food

FORT LAUDERDALE — South Florida researchers trying to prevent predatory fish from devouring laboratory-grown coral are grasping at biodegradable straws in an effort to restore what some call the ...
The Garden Island

CRITTER: Meet ponuhunuhu, the star-eye parrot-fish that makes out beaches

This 20-inch long shallow water parrotfish helps make our beautiful beaches here in Hawai‘i. They have bright white, round teeth that are all fused together in a beak that is so strong the fish can ...
NBC DFW

Here's how Florida researchers are using biodegradable boba straws to protect baby corals

South Florida researchers trying to prevent predatory fish from devouring laboratory-grown coral are grasping at biodegradable straws in an effort to restore what some call the rainforest of the sea.
Hartford Courant

These biodegradable straws could prevent new coral from becoming expensive fish food

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — South Florida researchers trying to prevent predatory fish from devouring laboratory-grown coral are grasping at biodegradable straws in an effort to restore what some ...