A recent study published in Current Biology by a group of international researchers shows that Caribbean reef fish populations have been steadily declining for more than a decade. The researchers used ...

Beginning in 2011, scientists and members of the public began reporting large numbers of reef fish with dermopathies (skin lesions) in the Southern Caribbean. Surgeonfishes and parrotfishes – which ...

It has replaced the Caribbean Reef, a living carousel of sea creatures — turtles, rays, bonnethead sharks and fish with scales like polished armor. In the new exhibit, open to the public on ...

Hawaii and some locations in the Caribbean, the South Pacific and ... What is the most important message that this fish and its deep sea reef habitat are telling us? “I think what’s really ...

Overfishing has led to a 90 percent decline in predatory fish populations at coral reefs across the Caribbean, disrupting the ocean ecosystem and coastal economy. (CN) – Overfishing has led to a 90 ...

Artificial light can wake sleeping fish and attract predators, changing nighttime coral reef communities, according to new research using novel underwater infrared cameras.

gleams against the blue Caribbean Sea. Healthy reefs support a food chain that links plankton to predators. Besides silky sharks, predators in Gardens of the Queen include large fish such as this ...

The Caribbean Sea bay ... providing a home to a large number of coral, fish and urchin species. A report, written in 2017 by scientists, said the reef was "improbable and imperiled".

The new “Wonder of Water,” consisting of freshwater and saltwater tanks, now occupies the space under the rotunda of the Shedd Aquarium. Share A world where life flutters, shimmers and gently ...