In time, it helps to create one of nature’s most spectacular ecosystems: a coral reef. Orange, blue, and sparkling-silver fish dart around a seascape of vibrant greens, yellows, pinks ...

where new coral species are attracted to the restored reefs, providing new habitats for fish species. “Bioacoustics is the study of sounds produced by living organisms. Listening to a coral reef ...

(CNN)-- It's not just the number of people fishing, but the level of poverty in a local community that leads to overfishing of coral ... reef ecosystem is an additional factor that can determine ...

Swim along the edge of a coral reef and you'll often see schools of sleek, torpedo-shaped fishes gliding through the currents, feeding on tiny plankton from the water column. For decades ...

a large family of fishes that are the dominant herbivores on reefs. Surgeonfish feed by browsing on the "turf" of algae growing on rocks and dead coral. The researchers found that surgeonfish also ...

They tested several characteristics considered ecologically important in subgroups of the fishes, including novel innovations to jaws and teeth, and determined that none of them explain the rapid ...

Having fish on coral reefs is crucial to coral health, Darling explains, as they are part of the reef food web. "There needs to be grazing herbivores like parrotfish and predators like jacks and ...

These clay pieces fit together like Lego bricks, forming a sturdy reef. And it’s working – not just off the coast of the Philippines, where several species of coral and fish have already made ...