The biodiversity of Earth's oceans is disproportionately concentrated in coral reefs—the vibrant undersea ecosystems where ...

Coral reef halos, visible from satellites, can indicate reef health by reflecting predator presence and coral layout.

Coral reefs, though covering less than 1% of the world’s oceans, are home to roughly 25% of all marine species at some stage ...

Crashing waves, glistening sea spray, a calm expanse of deep blue. These are the images that open “Ocean with David ...

Some reef fish have the unexpected ability to move their jaws from side to side, biologists at the University of California, ...

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 ...

Swimming in the ocean is an incredible experience, with astonishing surprises for even the most seasoned divers. Take the ...

The task force leading U.S. efforts to preserve and protect coral reef ecosystems recognized the coral reef and fisheries ...

Australia’s Ningaloo Reef is sick, like many coral reefs around the world. And scientists warn reef restoration projects are no substitute for climate action.

Some of the animals “likely arrived during recent El Niño phenomena” when ocean currents “temporarily reversed” direction, ...

But on reefs, about half of fish species feed by grazing on algae or other organisms ... Surgeonfish feed by browsing on the “turf” of algae growing on rocks and dead coral. The researchers found that ...