Policy loopholes under the Endangered Species Act may be putting Guam’s fragile coral reefs at greater risk, scientists warn.

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 ...

Shorter food chains could mean reefs are less able to weather changes in food availability, threatening an already vulnerable ...

Caribbean reef food webs have compressed by up to 70% over the past 7,000 years as fish diets converge and ecosystems become ...

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 ...

With a human population of 8.3 billion people worldwide and millions facing malnutrition, food security is something to think about. But imagine if the ocean could help with that. Scientists at the ...

The feces of some algae-eating fish could be deadly to coral reefs while coral-eating fish could benefit reefs, according to a new study from Rice University. Grazers, or fish that consume algae and ...

Asian artist Mulyana 'shows the consequences of our activities, but it's definitely not all gloom and doom,' says museum curator.

The Great Barrier Reef is suffering its third mass bleaching event in five years. It follows the record-breaking mass bleaching event in 2016 that killed a third of Great Barrier Reef corals, ...

Earlier, where there were only clusters of fringing corals, now appeared the colorful shoals of fish.

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 ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Mike Gil, an ecologist at the University of Colorado Boulder, deployed video cameras to “spy” on coral reef fish over months and found that they ...