Reef fish evolved the ability to feed by biting prey from surfaces relatively recently, a UC Davis study shows. The innovation has driven an explosion of evolution in reef fish. Image shows a rainbow ...

With its year-round sun and excellent visibility, the waters of the Caribbean offer some of the best scuba diving in the ...

Most reefs are associated with tropical waters and colorful fish, not the Great Lakes, but the Saginaw Bay was once the home ...

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, ...

The only fish species on the Great Barrier Reef to care for their offspring as juveniles has found a win-win approach to protecting their young from parasites. As well as drastically reducing a major ...

For the past 10 years, marine biologist and conservationist Stan Shea has been leading a citizen-science program called the 114°E Hong Kong Reef Fish Survey to compile data on local reef fish species ...

The state is proposing to permit commercial collection of Hawaii's reef fish for aquariums. For decades, beautiful reef fish ...

Researchers from FishEye Collaborative, a conservation-technology nonprofit, Cornell University, and Aalto University have developed a new tool that combines underwater sound recording and 360° video ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. GrrlScientist writes about evolution, ecology, behavior and health. An 18-year study revealed that repeated episodes of severe ...

For nearly two centuries, scientists have pondered “Darwin’s Paradox,” the enduring mystery of why coral reefs thrive in tropical waters, which are woefully short on nutrients. Reefs are teeming oases ...

Baby coral reef fishes can outpace all other baby fishes in the ocean, swimming around 15-40 body lengths per second. A new study has found baby coral reef fishes can outpace all other baby fishes in ...

Sunken subway cars have been made into artificial coral reefs thriving with life. What are the downsides that make it so tough to do the same with automobiles?