An organization called Coral Gardeners recently posted a series of photos to its Instagram page of a coral reef the group is restoring off the coast of a South Pacific island. The photos track the ...
The ocean is home to some of the most dazzling creatures on Earth, and among them, colourful fish stand out as living works ...
A small, strikingly beautiful damselfish that is new to science was identified on a coral reef on Madagascar’s northeastern coast In 2018, Christmas arrived early for reef enthusiasts and marine fish ...
In the first global assessment of its kind, a science team led by researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego has produced a landmark report on the impact of fishing on a group ...
It’s one of the enduring mysteries of marine biology: How can coral reefs sustain such diverse ecosystems when they are surrounded by clear, low-nutrient waters? Now scientists think they’ve found the ...
Large reef fishes like these bluestripe snappers (Lutjanus kasmira) rely on the smallest of vertebrates—gobies, blennies and other tiny fishes—for daily sustenance, especially as they are growing up. ...
Coral reefs all over the world, already threatened by rising temperatures brought about by climate change, also face serious challenges from the possibility of fish species extinctions. According to a ...
How the larvae of colorful clownfish that live among coral reefs in the Philippines are dispersed varies widely, depending on the year and seasons - according to a new finding that could help ...
On a recent afternoon in February, a group of engineers sat in a boat in the Bahamas with a laptop and a game controller, driving a small robot as far as 200 feet below the surface of the water. The ...