Paris — Fish that have lost food due to mass coral bleaching are getting into more unnecessary fights, causing them to expend precious energy and potentially threatening their survival, new research ...

Fish swim among Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. In the past 30 years, coral bleaching caused by ocean warming has contributed to a 19% loss of the world’s coral reef area. In 2024, the Great Barrier ...

Probiotics has become a buzzword among nutritionists and wellness gurus. But did you know that coral reefs benefit from probiotics too? These probiotics might not come in a brightly colored bottle ...

Reef fish in different oceans often develop similar color patterns because evolution explores the same set of biological possibilities.

What does a decline in healthy coral reefs mean for fisheries? A new study published in Marine Resource Economics, led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), examines the correlation ...

A perfect storm of environmental factors has seen a monumental loss of fish and coral life at a popular area of Ningaloo Reef in Western Australia's Gascoyne region -- however research into the event ...

Corals live in oceans around the world—in shallow, warm waters and deep, cool waters, clinging to seamounts or sitting on continental shelves. They also grow in the home aquariums of countless ...

Do fish bay at the moon? The answer to that question may also point to a way to protect the ocean’s damaged coral reefs. That's a vital goal for the approximately one billion people – most of them in ...

This piece comes to us from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). Governments are poised to make new commitments to biodiversity-rich ecosystems like coral reefs this month in Montreal. To make ...

A new study examines the correlation between fish yield and live coral habitats. Researchers analyzed the yields of nine fisheries dependent on Australia's Great Barrier Reef from 2016 to 2020.