Swim along the edge of a coral reef and you'll often see schools of sleek, torpedo-shaped fishes gliding through the currents ...

In the case of the Arabian Gulf’s coral reefs, however, the researchers found that this theory does not hold. Fish in the area could not significantly adjust their metabolic rates, which means ...

The return of apex predators such as sharks can restore critical ecological balance to coral reefs, creating healthier ...

With sumptuous, fleshy lips and a bulbous, protruding forehead, the humphead wrasse is an unforgettable fish. This enormous, colorful coral-reef dweller is slow to reproduce, making it vulnerable to ...

An artificial reef is a way of boosting the ocean's capacity to create fish, to increase the life of the Gulf." Some biologists worry that artificial reefs simply attract fish from natural reefs ...

which also happens to be the habitat of many fish and other aquatic animals. If we lose the reefs we destabilize the entire ocean ecosystem, and the effects won’t just be felt by sea creatures.

These fish are one of the few predators of coral-reef-destroying species, such as the crown of thorns starfish. THREATS: In the luxury food industry, which has seen a surge in popularity in many Asian ...

Mar. 11, 2025 — Researchers combine acoustic monitoring with a neural network to identify fish activity on coral reefs by sound. They trained the network to sort through the deluge of acoustic ...

CHILD: It was all sort of dull and there weren’t as many fish. They were hiding in the little sparse bits of coral that there were. And that’s really, really sad. CHILD NARRATOR: Reefs in ...

Ever since Charles Darwin, scientists have assumed species facing the same problem often evolve similar traits. But that’s ...