Fish make music! It could be the key to healing degraded coral reefs By Nurith Aizenman (NPR) June 17, 2023 8:33 a.m. 00:00 ...

So it's a way to hide from the predators but, at the same time, communicate to each other. AIZENMAN: Other fish are noisiest when the moon is full.

Coral reefs around the world are being degraded due to the warming climate, pollution and overfishing. The researchers say the strategy of hiding behind other moving fish may help animals adapt to ...

As coral reefs become increasingly decimated, predatory fish have fewer places to hide when stalking prey. A new study now suggests they're adapting, by using other fish as mobile hunting blinds.

Cleaner gobies set up "shop" in coral reefs, attracting bigger fish "clients," who come to have their scales cleaned of parasites and bacteria. Scientists are studying the role these little fish ...

Research at a lab at Roger Williams University on genetically modifying Rhode Island's native coral could help save tropical ...

The Great Barrier Reef is not currently on UNESCO's list of world heritage sites that are in danger, though the UN recommends ...

However, reef fish are highly abundant and some defecate up to four times an hour, meaning that the corals can easily become smothered. Diseases may also be spread in the feces.

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, ...

Rats and rodents are typically are more associated with trash heaps and urban space —not the abundance of colorful life that surrounds the ocean’s coral reefs. True to their invasive nature ...

Consider this coral reef off the U.S. Virgin Islands recorded in 2013, when it was thriving. Snapping shrimp pop bubbles. Whales and fish call out.