Tonna perdix eating Stichopus sp.
Not many animals are known to eat sea cucumbers. There is a good reason. Most of them have chemicals in … Continue
Visiting Artist: David Liittschwager
The Moorea Biocode project is currently hosting the photographer David Liittschwager (http://www.liittschwager.com/). His amazing works have been showcased in the … Continue
New Genus!
Sarah McPherson has become our expert in collecting the hidden organisms in the vast areas of sand around Moorea. The … Continue
Packing up, moving on…
Our three weeks in Australia have ended, so we are packing up all of the specimens, and shipping them back … Continue
Preparations, Celebrations, and Geneious Fever
Another busy week! François has returned to us from Heron Island and Gustav has left us to return to Moorea … Continue
Museum Happenings
It’s been a relatively busy week at HQ. In addition to lending field support to our agents throughout the globe … Continue
Dis-ARMS-ing
For the last few years our lab has been involved in putting ARMS on reefs. These are Autonomous Reef Monitoring … Continue
Large Octopus
There is no doubt about it. Octopus are amazing creatures. We encountered a large one on the reef the other … Continue
Meanwhile, back at HQ…
…work continues apace. With Gustav and John out of the country (as well as Sea, Sarah, Art and François) we … Continue
Farming on the reef
There are a few animals that farm. Humans, and ants on land, but what about the oceans? Jada-Simone White has … Continue