Employment Opportunities with the Perry Institute for Marine Science
As part of its Reversing the Decline of Bahamian Coral Reefs initiative, The Perry Institute for Marine Science (PIMS) is hiring two new positions: Community Conservation Education and Action (CCEA) […]
Highlights from “Hurricane Dorian: Impacts Below the Surface”
An Overview – Written by Lily Haines “We saw all sorts of things you typically don’t see on reefs… vacuum cleaners, pieces of construction and roofing materials, plumbing materials, laptops […]
Sensational Sea Sponges
And Their Importance to Marine Life – Written by Valeria Pizarro Let’s talk about sponges; a group of animals (yes, animals!) that have been living on earth for more than […]
Webinar: The Nassau Grouper Journey
Webinar With Krista Sherman In this ‘jawesome’ new webinar, Senior Scientist Dr. Krista Sherman shares her decade-long experience working with the Critically Endangered Nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus). Hosted by Sharks4Kids, […]
Photogrammetry: A New Tool To Practice Coral ID
Photogrammetry extracts 3-dimensional information from multiple photos of the same thing. In a nutshell, it relies on computer vision processes to find overlapping points between photos, and then can re-create […]
Staff Spotlight: Valeria Pizarro
Staff Spotlight! “From my first dive, I fell in love with the sea and all the life it holds; but it wasn’t until I started studying corals and understanding their […]
A Coral Fragment’s Journey – Part 1
Comic Illustrations by Fresh ‘n Salty Ever wonder what it’s like to be a coral fragment…. just hanging in a nursery, waiting for your chance to be outplanted onto the […]
MYSTERIOUS MEDUSOZOA
Even though we can’t celebrate Halloween as we used to in the era of COVID-19, jellyfish costumes are among the most popular and beautiful. In honour of October 31, let’s […]
A Coral Fragment’s Journey – Part II
Comic Illustrations by Fresh ‘n Salty Let’s talk about… coral matchmaking!The nurseries we talked about last week from the Fresh ‘n Salty comic not only help us grow Critically Endangered […]
Super Spikey Cleaners
By Hayley-Jo Carr The Longspined Sea Urchin, Diadema antillarum, provides essential ecosystem services to coral reefs, however populations have seen drastic reductions in numbers due to a disease outbreak in […]
