The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has designated new critical habitat protections for threatened coral ...

Fish make music! It could be the key to healing degraded coral reefs By Nurith Aizenman (NPR) June 17, 2023 8:33 a.m. 00:00 ...

Coral reef ecosystems are much more complex than a controlled laboratory environment, so it is not clear how fish feces would affect corals in their natural environment, Carsten Grupstra ...

Rats and rodents are typically are more associated with trash heaps and urban space —not the abundance of colorful life that surrounds the ocean’s coral reefs. True to their invasive nature ...

Cleaner gobies set up "shop" in coral reefs, attracting bigger fish "clients," who come to have their scales cleaned of parasites and bacteria. Scientists are studying the role these little fish ...

Jarvis, a remote U.S.-protected island, is suffering an unimaginable 90 percent coral mortality. While this recent bad news for reefs is eye-catching, coral reefs have been in trouble for a long time.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported that unsustainable fishing and human pollution exacerbate the bleaching and dying of coral reefs. Without coral reefs, NOAA found that ...

Experts say coral reefs are a significant part of the oceanic ecosystem. They occupy less than 1% of the ocean worldwide but provide food and shelter to nearly 25% of sea life.

Mass coral bleaching events are making it harder for some species of reef fish to identify competitors, new research reveals. Scientists studying reefs across five Indo-Pacific regions found that ...

Consider this coral reef off the U.S. Virgin Islands recorded in 2013, when it was thriving. Snapping shrimp pop bubbles. Whales and fish call out.