by Matt Pedersen | Aug 5, 2019 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, CORAL - Matt Pedersen, CORAL Excerpt, Freshwater, Marine
an excerpt from CORAL Magazine, May/June 2012, by Matt Pedersen Can marine aquarists provide a safety net for endangered species and aquatic diversity? The first time I publicly expressed my concerns for the future of coral reefs, I got a bit choked up and teary-eyed....
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Jul 1, 2019 | Freshwater, News & Notes
via John Lyons, Ph.D. & the Goodeid Working Group The dust has settled from the ALA convention, and I wanted to catch everyone up about North American Goodeid Working Group (NAGWG) activities. 2019 ALA Convention: The convention, held May 23-26, 2019, in...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | May 29, 2019 | Freshwater, News & Notes
via the Center for Biological Diversity Critically Endangered Spring Pygmy Sunfish Gains 1,330 Acres, Six Stream Miles of Protected Habitat Tiny Fish Threatened by Urbanization, Agriculture, Pollution May 29, 2019 – HUNTSVILLE, Ala.— Following a lawsuit filed by the...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Mar 9, 2018 | Freshwater
Still not described by science, the so-called Running River Rainbowfish is recognized by Australian enthusiasts as beautiful, distinctive—and threatened in its natural habitat by an invasive Eastern Rainbowfish, Melanotaenia splendida, a species suspected to have been...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Jan 5, 2018 | Freshwater, News & Notes
via US FWS January 3, 2018 The Barrens Plateau is home to a beautiful, iridescent fish that rarely grows longer than four inches and is found in only a few creeks and springs in four Tennessee counties. That little fish is now in trouble, and the U.S. Fish and...