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Do fish bay at the moon? As NPR's Nurith Aizenman reports, the answer to that question may also point to a way to protect the ocean's damaged ecosystems. NURITH AIZENMAN, BYLINE: Aran Mooney is a ...

Where do you go when you’re a fish and you need a skincare treatment? Coral reefs contain natural “beauty salons,” lively social hubs of activity where fish “clients” swim up and wait to be serviced ...

Looks like Chris' Fishing Trips launched from Monterey on Wednesday and headed south, towards Big Sur. The Caroline posted limits of rockfish and five lings.

(THE CONVERSATION) Hurricanes and waterspouts. Bone-chilling rain and 100 degree Fahrenheit temperatures. Jellyfish and fire coral stings. Broken toes, shoulders, knees and fingers. Entanglements in ...

Marine Biologist Aran Mooney has proposed a possible solution to all of the ongoing issues with coral reefs: fish music. Working with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Falmouth, Massachusetts, ...

A long, skinny trumpetfish model shadows a model parrotfish as the two move along on a line as part of an underwater pulley system. Human hunters make an art out of hiding. They wear camouflage, hang ...

The coral fragment from the seafloor off the coast of the resort Siyam World Maldives in the Noonu Atoll had a stark contrast. One inch of the coral’s light brown tips was bumpy with living polyps, ...

When people hear about underwater reefs, they usually picture colorful gardens created from coral. But some reefs are anchored to much more unusual foundations. For more than a century, people have ...

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. Researchers have discovered a rare ...

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