WASHINGTON— The National Marine Fisheries Service announced critical habitat designations today for five threatened coral species living in the Pacific Ocean. The agency’s final rule protects 92 ...

In a river of western Brazil, an “armored” creature with bumpy lips swam through the “dark tea-colored” waters. Something about it caught the attention of nearby scientists — and for good reason. It ...

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Anemonefishes are a group of damselfishes “that exclusively live symbiotically with sea anemones,” researchers said in a July 10 study published in the peer-reviewed journal ZooKeys. They are ...

President Donald Trump’s order to re-open distant, protected Pacific waters to U.S. fishing fleets followed years of dire warnings by the region’s commercial seafood interests.

As islands in the Pacific Ocean basin, American Sāmoa and Hawaiʻi have strong connections across marine ecosystems and cultures. While Hawaiʻi has banned seabed mining in state waters, which extend ...

Scientists identified a new goby species, Stiphodon hadiatyae, capable of climbing waterfalls, in Malakoni Village on Indonesia’s Enggano Island.

Scientists found fish with four nostrils, large eyes, wide mouth in underground river and discovered new species: Panzhou golden-lined barbel, study said.

Researchers have found that chunks of "flipped" DNA can help fish quickly adapt to new habitats and evolve into new species, acting as evolutionary "superchargers." ...

Fish hide out in the safety of Kingman Reef, in the Pacific Ocean between the Hawaiian Islands and American Samoa. Coral reefs provide protection for many species, particularly young fish. USFWS, ...

The ability of Colossal's bioacoustics algorithm to help locate Samoa's tooth-billed pigeon is a boon to conservationists. Even so, using AI to save an endangered species may seem ironic.

Once native to New York, these four fish no longer live here according to a recently updated list of imperiled species compiled by the state Department of Environmental Conservation.