O ff the coast of Papua New Guinea, a "dwarf"-like sea creature with spotted eyes swam around a reef. It darted into a nearby ...

Researchers have described a stunning multicolored wrasse in the Maldives as a newfound species, after the fish spent decades being misidentified as a closely related species. The rainbow-colored fish ...

A vibrant bluefish was carried off to its presumable demise by a powerful osprey, its giant talons gripped the pancake-shaped sea creature as the bird’s golden-yellow eyes pierced the camera.

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Coral reefs are teeming with a diverse array of marine life, from brightly colored psychedelic butterflyfish to more homely round herrings. Some fish are more beautiful to humans than others, and ...

Researchers recently captured images of the damage from Hurricane Walaka in October to Rapture Reef at French Frigate Shoals in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. A shark swims over a coral reef at ...

New research from the University of Sydney shows that international conservation efforts account for approximately 10% of fish stocks on coral reefs. The global study, published in Proceedings of the ...

We have long overlooked many of the important inhabitants of coral reefs. Tiny fish that hide in the nooks and crannies may provide much of the food that supports larger animals on and around healthy ...

When coral reef ecologist Randall Kosaki and a team of scientists arrived by boat at a well-known coral reef near Hawaii this month, they had to “double-check their GPS,” he told CNN. They were “not ...