A reef swim changes dramatically when marine life appears nearby. Hawksbill turtles often glide along coral ledges to feed ...
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 ...
Climate stress is reshaping coral reefs as habitat loss causes reef fish communities and social groups to collapse.
Life on the Great Barrier Reef is undergoing big changes in the face of climate change and other human-caused pressures, a new study reveals. From food security to controlling seaweed and even making ...
Off the coast of a coral reef in the Red Sea, an octopus glides across a patch of rubble, eight arms probing every crack. A ...
A new study using high-speed video shows for the first time that the reef fish Zanclus cornutus (Moorish idol) and the related surgeonfish can move their jawbones sideways as well as up and down. This ...
A new study from Adelaide University has found that when ocean acidification makes reef habitat less complex, the fish living there gather in smaller shoals that offer less social protection.
Off the coast of Eilat, Israel, a Pacific day octopus did something no scientist had seen before. Mid-hunt, with a small ...
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 ...
Researchers have found that reef fish from the Arabian Gulf, the world's hottest sea, exhibit a higher tolerance to temperature fluctuations compared to those from more thermally stable coral reefs.
Discover the newly identified ghost pipefish, *Solenostomus snuffleupagus*, named after a Sesame Street character, revealing ...
If you liked this story, share it with other people. Mike Gil, an ecologist at the University of Colorado Boulder, deployed video cameras to “spy” on coral reef fish over months and found that they ...