Climate stress is reshaping coral reefs as habitat loss causes reef fish communities and social groups to collapse.

Scientists have developed an autonomous underwater robot that can locate and map biodiversity hotspots ...

ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. (WKRG) — Escambia County has expanded its network of artificial reefs with the deployment of 43 new ...

Coral reefs are necessarily gorgeous in color and movement, but below the waves there is a similarly colorful world of sound. Underwater, there is a soundscape of snapping shrimp, grunting fish, and ...

Life on the Great Barrier Reef is undergoing big changes in the face of climate change and other human-caused pressures, a new study reveals. From food security to controlling seaweed and even making ...

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 ...

Engineers designed an 'architected' reef that can mimic the wave-buffering effects of natural reefs while providing pockets for marine life. The sustainable and cost-saving structure could dissipate ...

This unique fish looks exactly like Mr. Snuffleupagus from Sesame Street. “Once you see it, the resemblance to Snuffleupagus is impossible to ignore,” declared marine biologist David Harasti. The ...

Ocean fish populations have fallen dramatically in the past half-century, and climate change is expected to make the problem worse. Governments have designated “marine protected areas”, where where ...

For the past 10 years, marine biologist and conservationist Stan Shea has been leading a citizen-science program called the 114°E Hong Kong Reef Fish Survey to compile data on local reef fish species ...

A contractor uses a trackhoe with a clamshell bucket on a floating plant to install fish reefs for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers by dropping stones into the Monongahela River near New Eagle.