The biodiversity of the Earth’s oceans is disproportionately concentrated in coral reefs — the vibrant undersea ecosystems where thousands of known marine species reside. A new Yale-led study offers ...

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.

Chemosynthetic bacteria have been documented in various marine environments and in association with invertebrate hosts such ...

Huaguang Reef, one of the expansive atolls in the Xisha Islands, is completely mature, stretching 31 kilometers from east to west and 12 kilometers from north to south. Positioned as a concealed reef ...

October 6, 2023—More than half of the world’s coral reef fisheries do not meet one of two key sustainability benchmarks, according to a new study led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The ...

Restoring fish populations in coral reefs would boost coastal food supply, feeding up to 1.4 million more people, particularly in developing countries, according to new research. The greatest benefits ...

A team of researchers have identified unexpected ways coral reef fish living in the warmest waters on earth, in the Arabian Gulf, have adapted to survive extreme temperatures. A team of researchers ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. New research has found that the protection of coral reefs has boosted the amount of fish they harbor by around 10%. The study used survey data from ...

Marine Biologist Aran Mooney has proposed a possible solution to all of the ongoing issues with coral reefs: fish music. Working with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Falmouth, Massachusetts, ...

Building on its longstanding legacy of supporting University of Hawaiʻi students and programs, the Cooke Foundation recently awarded a grant to a UH initiative that works to restore Hawaiʻi’s ...