A study of 7000-year-old exposed coral reef fossils reveals how human fishing has transformed Caribbean reef food webs: as ...

Scientists have found that feces from certain fish species might act as a probiotic for coral reefs.

Where do you go when you're a fish and you need a skincare treatment? Coral reefs contain natural "beauty salons," lively social hubs of activity where fish "clients" swim up and wait to be ...

A study by the Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) is employing new methods in coral reef research. Under the leadership of fish ecologist Dr. Julian Lilkendey, an international ...

Fishermen from the Vezo community have become "ocean monitors." Above: They're diving around a coral reef in Madagascar's Barren Isles to collect data that can be used to assess ocean health and ...

“In tropical coral reef ecosystems,” Johnson explains, “surgeonfish and parrotfish, and other herbivores play a key role by grazing on algae.” Since infected fish are evidenced to graze less, and ...

Researchers are working to prove that coral-eating fish spread corals’ symbiotic algae in their feces. It could open opportunities for reefs.

A team of researchers have identified unexpected ways coral reef fish living in the warmest waters on earth, in the Arabian Gulf, have adapted to survive extreme temperatures.

Bluestreak cleaner wrasses are entrepreneurial fish. This tiny, shiny species sets up shop in coral reefs, where it eats parasites off of client fish, some of them big and hungry. It's a dangerous ...

These reefs are home to many mutually beneficial relationships, but the animals that live there still have to eat. Scientists are learning more about the hunting tactics of some coral reef fish.

When rats invade tropical islands, they can trigger a chain reaction that reverberates all the way to coral reefs, researchers say.