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

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

In the case of the Arabian Gulf’s coral reefs, however, the researchers found that this theory does not hold. Fish in the area could not significantly adjust their metabolic rates, which means ...

In an article recently published in the journal Global Change Biology, researchers comprehensively examined the physiological responses of coral reef fishes to extreme thermal variability in the ...

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 ...

The coral reefs of Palmyra Atoll, part of Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument, provide nurseries for many fish ...

Abstract Fish reproducing in group-spawning aggregations face intense fisheries during spawning events due to increased ease of capture. Other traits often associated with group spawning, such as late ...

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 ...

Some fish species in the Arabian Gulf’s coral reefs are more resilient to climate change than previously thought, an international team of scientists has found. The study, published in Nature ...

CHILD: It was all sort of dull and there weren’t as many fish. They were hiding in the little sparse bits of coral that there were. And that’s really, really sad. CHILD NARRATOR: Reefs in ...

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

The UAE’s largest artificial reef initiative aims to boost fish stocks, strengthen coral resilience, and support biodiversity ...