Industrial fishing has become so routine that it is easy to forget how violent it is to the sea itself. One technique in particular, bottom trawling, has quietly turned vast stretches of ocean into ...

When most people think about corals, they imagine a tropical reef with crystal blue water, teeming with colorful fish. But, ...

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, an international team ...

A small colored fish pokes out its head from a coral. An Acanthemblemaria Blenny pokes out its head from a coral in the waters of Panama. Credit: Tim Treuer Food chains in the coral reefs of the ...