A specialist in capturing reef fish in coral caves and crevices ... the coral are a target, as the shark’s slender body allows it to squeeze into impossibly small holes. Other members of ...

By Marco Lopez Rosie knows the Lighthouse Reef Atoll like the back of her fin. She calls this atoll home and is a matriarch ...

But some, like the tiger shark, are powerful ... closely resembles the reef's rocky, algae- and coral-encrusted bottom, where it lies in wait for crustaceans and small fish, such as gobies.

Overfishing of sharks is linked to coral reef destruction. Without sharks, smaller fish stop eating coral-eating starfish.

These living motes are too small to name. Are they destined for adulthood in a sea grass bed, or coral reef, or open ocean ... fins of a feeding whale shark. Then more whale sharks arrived ...

"Recurrent outbreaks are adding to the decline of live coral cover across the Indo-Pacific." Researchers looked at decades of coral reef studies ... pelagic prey, like small fish and squid.

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