The crew headed offshore to test a powerful motorized reel, but the trip instantly turned violent when a giant reef predator smashed the bait and dove for the bottom. Known for crushing prey whole and ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Students and faculty at Hawaii Pacific University are contributing new research toward underreported illnesses caused by consuming fish contaminated with marine toxins.

Researchers have developed an autonomous system for seeking out and mapping hotspots of biodiversity on coral reefs with unprecedented precision, offering a powerful new tool for studying and ...

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.

The Reef Environmental Education Foundation (REEF) closed its 17th annual Florida Keys Lionfish Derby & Arts Festival with a ...

Coral reefs make up a tenth of one percent of the ocean’s surface area but support up to a third of multicellular ocean species. The reefs provide valuable shelter from predators and ocean currents ...

Lionfish are a highly successful invasive species in the Atlantic Ocean, originally from the Indo-Pacific region. Equipped with venomous spines and a voracious appetite, they have few natural ...

Grazing halos at Heron Island, Australia, are distinct where coral are clustered (outlined with a white box) but merge where coral are dispersed (outlined with a black box). In coral reefs throughout ...

Crown-of-thorns starfish can detect chemical cues in water (chemoreception), allowing them to respond to predators like the giant triton. The giant triton is one of the few natural predators of the ...

A new study links grazing halo patterns in coral reefs, as well as those in other patchy habitats, to the spatial patterns of the shelter habitat itself. The researchers found that grazing halos are ...