Divers clutch wooden spears as they hunt hordes of hungry starfish destroying the coral reefs around the Cook Islands. These ...

High-frequency sounds produced by snapping shrimp, particularly at night, can serve as an effective indicator of coral reef ...

Why do people care about coral reefs? Why does their damage cause such concern and outrage? What drives people to go to great ...

Climate change is warming the whole planet, but the ocean is absorbing most of that heat. That’s bad news for creatures that are sensitive to temperature changes, like corals. When waters get too ...

A study led by Associate Professor Kelton McMahon at University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography has found that food webs on tropical reefs are more fragile than we once thought.

In 2023, the Center for Biological Diversity sued the National Marine Fisheries Service for failing to provide critical ...

As oceans warm, tropical fish are on the move, heading south into cooler waters. New research reveals how they are getting on ...

In a Policy Forum, Andrew Baker and colleagues discuss the recent regulatory action in Florida that has enabled the world’s first international coral exchange. The exchange was done to bolster genetic ...

They’ve been crawling across the seafloor for more than 500 million years – predating the dinosaurs – yet sea stars remain some of the most misunderstood animals on Earth – if they’re even recognized ...