Scientists tested if restoring underwater noise could influence fish behaviour. Their experiment suggested artificial ...

Scientists have found an active coral community that may belong to a deep-sea coral reef system presumed to be dead decades ago, according to new research. A living coral garden, ...

The footage showed a seemingly healthy reef, with 8 different types of coral and 8 species of fish sheltering and feeding ...

Until recently, fish that eat coral—corallivores—were thought to weaken reef structures, while fish that consume algae and detritus—grazers—were thought to keep reefs healthy. But scientists have ...

From Cuba, new clues to coral reef survival In the summer of 2023, a small research vessel set out to do something no scientific expedition had done before: circle the entire Cuban archipelago, ...

Sixty years after surveyors first uncovered evidence of a sprawling coral reef off the West African nation of Benin, ...

"Also looks like it made a nice little safe zone for the fish." ...

Scientists are pleasantly surprised to have rediscovered a once presumed dead species that has emerged back in the spotlight after 60 years off the coast of Africa.

Ocean fish populations have fallen dramatically in the past half-century, and climate change is expected to make the problem worse. Governments have designated “marine protected areas”, where where ...

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, ...

Researchers are working to prove that coral-eating fish spread corals’ symbiotic algae in their feces. If they’re right, it could open new opportunities for helping struggling reefs cope. By Derek ...