Underwater fields of seagrass could play an important role in fighting malnutrition among vulnerable coastal communities, ...

A study of 7000-year-old exposed coral reef fossils reveals how human fishing has transformed Caribbean reef food webs: as sharks declined by 75% and fish preferred by humans became smaller, prey fish ...

Off the northern coast of the Jamaica, there's a coral reef that's fighting for its life. What's this unusual approach to ...

Marine Biologist Aran Mooney has proposed a possible solution to all of the ongoing issues with coral reefs: fish music. Working with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Falmouth, Massachusetts, ...

A study has found concerning new evidence of long-term declines in coral reef fish around highly visited inshore islands of the Great Barrier Reef. Scientists surveyed reefs at 100 sites around the ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. New research has found that the protection of coral reefs has boosted the amount of fish they harbor by around 10%. The study used survey data from ...

The jewel damselfish spends its life underwater, tending to a small patch of algae, oblivious to anything outside its coral reef home. But the tiny fish, like a marionette, is being pulled by a ...

Marine biologists found the feces of fish that were long thought to promote healthy reefs can damage and, in some cases, kill corals in controlled experiments, possibly due to high levels of coral ...