Why are there so many species of coral reef fish? According to a new study, it's because about 50 million years ago, some fish figured out how to bite food from hard surfaces.

Almost half of all marine angelfishes surveyed so far hybridize frequently, both with close relatives and with distant relations, highlighting the question: what is a species? A juvenile marine ...

How the larvae of colorful clownfish that live among coral reefs in the Philippines are dispersed varies widely, depending on the year and seasons - according to a new finding that could help ...

Reduced coral reef fish biodiversity under temperatures that mirror climate predictions Date: August 6, 2020 Source: New York University Summary: Biologists recently studied cryptobenthic reef fishes ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Mike Gil, an ecologist at the University of Colorado Boulder, deployed video cameras to “spy” on coral reef fish over months and found that they ...

Human activity has lessened the resilience of modern coral reefs by restricting the food-fueled energy flow that moves through the food chains of these critical ecosystems, reports an international ...

A new study finds that large, herbivorous fish species, such as parrotfish, surgeonfish and rabbitfish, benefit from coral reef demise due to an increase of a food source, algal turf. Certain fish ...

Research shows nighttime drops in oxygen force fish to use more energy and could affect the health of entire reef ecosystems Abu Dhabi, UAE: A new study from NYU Abu Dhabi has found that small coral ...

In an article recently published in the journal Global Change Biology, researchers comprehensively examined the physiological responses of coral reef fishes to extreme thermal variability in the ...

An international team of researchers, hosted and supported by NYU Abu Dhabi, have found that small, bottom-dwelling reef fishes on the world's hottest coral reefs in the southern Arabian Gulf are much ...