An international research team led by the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) with the participation of the Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) in Bremen has taken a close ...

Adult male Rose-Veiled Fairy Wrasse (Cirrhilabrus finifenmaa) shows off his colors for the ladies. This species is found at the equator in the Indian Ocean, living in the coral reefs of the Maldives ...

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 ...

The new species of colorful fish is known to live in the northern Great Barrier Reef and several reefs in the Coral Sea, according to a new study. Photo by Jim Beaudoin on Unsplash In the depths of ...

SAGINAW, Mich. (WNEM) - Most reefs are associated with tropical waters and colorful fish, not the Great Lakes, but the Saginaw Bay was once the home of many rock reefs. Created by glacial activity, ...

How the larvae of colorful clownfish that live among coral reefs in the Philippines are dispersed varies widely, depending on the year and seasons - according to a new finding that could help ...

Mozambique's coastline is a diver's paradise, with its colorful reefs and marine life. The country's waters are home to a ...

GALVESTON (AP) - Divers descending into azure waters far off the Texas coast dip below a horizon dotted with oil and gas platforms into an otherworldly landscape of undersea mountains crusted with ...

A new study finds that large, herbivorous fish species, such as parrotfish, surgeonfish and rabbitfish, benefit from coral reef demise due to an increase of a food source, algal turf. Certain fish ...

Researchers are working to prove that coral-eating fish spread corals’ symbiotic algae in their feces. If they’re right, it could open new opportunities for helping struggling reefs cope. By Derek ...