The feces of some algae-eating fish could be deadly to coral reefs while coral-eating fish could benefit reefs, according to a new study from Rice University. Grazers, or fish that consume algae and ...

A new study examines the correlation between fish yield and live coral habitats. Researchers analyzed the yields of nine fisheries dependent on Australia's Great Barrier Reef from 2016 to 2020.

With a human population of 8.3 billion people worldwide and millions facing malnutrition, food security is something to think ...

What does a decline in healthy coral reefs mean for fisheries? A new study published in Marine Resource Economics, led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), examines the correlation ...

A perfect storm of environmental factors has seen a monumental loss of fish and coral life at a popular area of Ningaloo Reef in Western Australia's Gascoyne region -- however research into the event ...

Do fish bay at the moon? The answer to that question may also point to a way to protect the ocean’s damaged coral reefs. That's a vital goal for the approximately one billion people – most of them in ...

This piece comes to us from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). Governments are poised to make new commitments to biodiversity-rich ecosystems like coral reefs this month in Montreal. To make ...

Fish swim among Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. In the past 30 years, coral bleaching caused by ocean warming has contributed to a 19% loss of the world’s coral reef area. In 2024, the Great Barrier ...