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

Overfished coral reefs are producing far less food than they could. Researchers found that letting reef fish populations ...

Coral reefs shape the daily rise and fall of nearby microbes, organizing them into rhythms that influence how reef ecosystems ...

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 ...

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 about 2,600 reefs with varying levels of protection ...

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 groundbreaking study of 7,000-year-old exposed coral reef fossils reveals how human fishing has transformed Caribbean reef food webs: As sharks declined by 75 percent and fish preferred by humans ...

Where do you go when you’re a fish and you need a skincare treatment? Coral reefs contain natural “beauty salons,” lively social hubs of activity where fish “clients” swim up and wait to be serviced ...