Ciguatera—a toxin that accumulates in reef fish—is a common cause of seafood poisoning. Learn which fish are safest to order ...

Allowing coral reef fish to rebound is emerging as one of the clearest ways to put more healthy protein on the plates of coastal families without stripping the ocean bare. New science suggests that if ...

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 ...

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, ...

A new study using high-speed video shows for the first time that the reef fish Zanclus cornutus (Moorish idol) and the related surgeonfish can move their jawbones sideways as well as up and down. This ...

A new study has found that oceanographic connectivity (the movement and exchange of water between different parts of the ocean) is a key influence for fish abundance across the Western Indian Ocean ...

The black dwarfgoby was discovered in the coral reefs of the McLaren Fjord, of Tufi, Papua New Guinea. McLaren Fjord of Tufi, Papua New Guinea. Drone photo by MV Erdmann. A trio of international ...

After scuba diving and shooting video at Tunnels Beach one day I had a tourist come up to me and say she saw a clownfish out on the reef while snorkeling. I responded back and said that we do not have ...

Researchers have known for centuries that some fish make sounds. Now, using special underwater acoustics, researchers have ...