Indonesia lies within a region of our oceans that is known as the Coral Triangle, which extends from the Philippines through Indonesia and eastward through Papua New Guinea through the Solomon Sea. It is within this region where our oceanlife first was born. And because of this, the diversity of fish and coral life in…
When you live in the Midwest USA, let’s face it, scuba diving is not what comes to mind for recreation. Maybe football, baseball, fishing, or “floating” our rivers (what I used to call canoeing). Whenever I meet fellow divers on trips, the same old question comes up, “So where are you from?” Then I tell…
Probably most of us have watched the movie Finding Nemo, or at least know that the story is about a little clownfish growing up on a coral reef. Clownfish are an iconic coral reef species, so named because of their bold color strokes on their “faces”, sort of like, well, you know, clowns! There’s something…
