Damselfish have been discovered to disrupt "cleaning services" vital to the health of reefs, and climate change may mean this is only likely to get worse. The meal of choice for the Caribbean cleaner ...

Researchers have discovered a rare example of "great fish parenting" with a common coral reef species found to actively protect their young by eating parasites. The University of Queensland's Dr.

I’ve written about why some reef dwelling fishes, particularly clownfish or anemonefish, are striped and how the direction of their stripes — vertical or horizontal — predicts their aggressiveness ...

Two Scripps-led studies show how underwater sound can play a role in restoring degraded coral reefs and rebuilding fish communities Damselfish swim near an artificial reef “stack” structure, which was ...

It’s not only people that get woozy from heat, according to new research. If you’re living on a reef full of predators, that mental fog could be deadly. By Rebecca Dzombak Warmer seas could be making ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A once-common reef fish in the Galápagos has not been seen since 1983, raising the question of whether it has already disappeared. A recent study ...

'Antisocial' damselfish are scaring off cleaner fish customers -- and this could contribute to coral reef breakdown. Damselfish have been discovered to disrupt 'cleaning services' vital to the health ...