With a human population of 8.3 billion people worldwide and millions facing malnutrition, food security is something to think ...

Allowing coral reef fish to rebound is emerging as one of the clearest ways to put more healthy protein on the plates of ...

Overfished coral reefs are producing far less food than they could. Researchers found that letting reef fish populations ...

The ocean is massive and covers most of the surface of our planet. In addition to its size, it’s packed with life, ranging from an astounding diversity of plants, microbes, worms, corals and crabs to ...

Coral reefs don’t just shape marine life you can see, they also control the daily rhythms of invisible microbes nearby.

A new study shows that allowing coral reef fish populations to recover could help fight global hunger, meeting seafood intake ...

Coral reefs shape the daily rise and fall of nearby microbes, organizing them into rhythms that influence how reef ecosystems ...

Besides preserving and growing coral species, the Maui Ocean Center features a Living Reef Exhibit in its large aquarium. Courtesy photo/Maui Ocean Center At one of the largest saltwater aquarium ...

The ocean stores a huge amount of carbon, but excessive human emissions are changing its chemistry. It's becoming more acidic — hitting marine ecosystems and causing coral reefs to crumble. Two ...

Scientist Amy Apprill, with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, places a recording device onto a coral reef in the U.S. Virgin Islands. (Paul Caiger/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) Do fish bay ...

South Florida researchers trying to prevent predatory fish from devouring laboratory-grown coral are grasping at biodegradable straws in an effort to restore what some call the rainforest of the sea.

Do fish bay at the moon? The answer to that question may also point to a way to protect the ocean’s damaged coral reefs. That's a vital goal for the approximately one billion people – most of them in ...