A federal court today struck down the U.S. government’s refusal to grant critical protection to threatened coral species. 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 conservationist on morning rituals, free-diving with sharks and his mission to save the globe’s oceans.

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.

He said he has seen seaweed and coral reefs dwindle and other local species ... “It is important to maintain the revived coral as healthy as possible.” Coral in the sea off the Yaeyama ...

Over the course of four years, Miami native Michael Zimmer spent dozens of hours underwater filming a team of scientists as they meticulously removed samples of healthy corals from the reefs within ...

In Malaysia, Reef Check Malaysia (RCM) has been at the forefront of coral reef conservation. The recipient of the 2023 Star Social Impact Grant (SSIG), RCM continues its mission to protect Malaysia’s ...

The coral reefs of Nha Trang have also had to contend ... Fish that clean reefs and keep them healthy by eating algae or parasites, like the distinctive Picasso triggerfish and the beaked Indian ...

Second, while parrotfish help reefs to grow by keeping them clean, they also can cause gradual erosion of reef structures. Some parrotfish species graze by biting off chunks of coral, especially ...