Tag: lionfish
The Green Buzz: Wednesday, April 17
Written by Megan Sheehan | April 17th, 2013
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Endangered is the key word in today’s Green Buzz.
- Three years after the worst oil spill in American history, where are BP’s oiled animals? (MNN)
- Endangered clean meat? More than half of supermarket meat tested positive for superbugs. (New York Times)
- Lionfish are gobbling up native fish and corals in the Gulf, like a “living oil spill.” (NPR)
- No surprise here: America’s most controlled and plumbed river is also its most endangered. (Huffington Post)
- Lead poisoning: The rare California Condors are ingesting lead bullets and dying. (BBC News)
Tasty Invasives
Written by Megan Sheehan | March 8th, 2013
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Mmm, invasive species. Have you ever eaten one? You can help combat these invaders of natural habitats and fill your belly all at once!
Nature Photo of the Week: Underwater with a Lionfish
Written by Madeline Breen | January 31st, 2013
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We can only imagine what Flickr photographer KoolPix was thinking when he came face-to-face with this fantastically colorful lionfish. What a stunning (and wild!) sight.
The Golden Shadow Expedition: All in a Day’s Work
Written by Brad Parker | June 10th, 2011
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Dive expert and coral researcher James Byrne reports from 45 feet under the water in St. Kitts.
Cool Green Morning: Wednesday, October 20
Written by Nicole Levins | October 20th, 2010
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You overslept this morning? Tell your boss you were just doing your part to fight climate change.
- Researchers discover three new species of cute little forest frogs in Tanzania. (Mongabay)
- Floating wind turbines sound kind of cool, don’t they? (CleanTechnica)
- Invasives like Asian carp and lionfish are bad for the environment, so let’s eat them. (DotEarth)
- The entire world has fallen way short on ocean protection goals. (YaleE360)
- Get more sleep! It’s better for you, and also the climate. (Treehugger)
Eat Lionfish and Stop These Caribbean Reef Invaders
Written by Stephanie Wear | November 2nd, 2009
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My husband returns to the same reefs every year in the Bahamas, where he has been teaching a coral reef ecology class for the last 14 years. On his 2008 trip, he noticed that the reef fish were missing. The culprits were quickly identified — and during his 2009 course, he and his students were [...]
