HATFIELD TWP. >> Walking into Reef to Rift Aquarium Store for the first time, you might be surprised by how bright the store is. The space is open, so there are no separate rooms separating the fish ...

One of the coolest things about Mandalay Bay’s Shark Reef Aquarium in Las Vegas is standing inside a giant, clear acrylic tunnel surrounded by big, toothy sharks, stingrays, sea turtles and a host of ...

A world where life flutters, shimmers and gently sways, like the forest scenes from the original “Avatar” movie, a kaleidoscope of colors that shouldn’t exist in nature. Corals in pink, purple, peach, ...

Each year humans trade 20 to 30 million tropical marine fish for aquariums, representing more than 1,800 different species. The United States is the world’s largest consumer, buying up to 80% of the ...

Fish larvae follow sounds to locate prime coral reef spots, a new study shows. Photograph by GEORGE GRALL, National Geographic It may not be obvious to us land dwellers, but ocean reefs are noisy ...

Hawaiʻi island resident Kekoa Alip knows there are recent state reports showing at least some aquarium-trade fishing could resume off the Kona Coast without shrinking the region’s current numbers of ...

Hawaii lawmakers have advanced House Bill 2101 and Senate BIll 2078. If passed, the new legislation would ban the capture of fish in Hawaii reefs for aquariums and increase fines for illegal poaching.

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