Research work reported on recently by an international research team*, including an IRD scientist, brought out evidence of the impact on the fish communities of a mass bleaching event resulting...
Nearly half of U.S. coral reef ecosystems are considered to be in "poor" or "fair" condition according to a new NOAA analysis of the health of coral reefs under U.S. jurisdiction
Coral ecosystems are being imperiled at regional to global scales by over fishing, climate change, disease, and exposure to excess sediments, nutrients and contaminants. Scientists believe that...
Coral ecosystems are being imperiled at regional to global scales by over fishing, climate change, disease, and exposure to excess sediments, nutrients and contaminants. Scientists believe that...
When state aquatics biologist Russell Sparks goes diving in Maalaea he sees a slippery, slimy invasive algae growing on the reef that was once healthy coral.
Gone is the coral ecosystem that is...
Dozens of scientists from Hawaii and the mainland are launching a cooperative research project at Palmyra Atoll to study the remote area's pristine coral ecosystem.
The National Wildlife Refuge...
Georgia Aquarium officials say they want to breed whale sharks - the biggest fish on earth - at the Atlanta fish tank, a never-attempted feat that would push the bounds of known aquatic science....