An international research team led by the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) with the participation of the Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) in Bremen has taken a close ...

Visual signals, such as color patterns are an important communication medium for anemonefish. Researchers from Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology have recently elucidated how the patterns on ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

The new species of colorful fish is known to live in the northern Great Barrier Reef and several reefs in the Coral Sea, according to a new study. Photo by Jim Beaudoin on Unsplash In the depths of ...

What’s the relationship between people’s perception of beauty and animals’ conservation needs? According to a machine-learning study by Nicolas Mouquet at the University of Montpellier, France, and ...

Scientists analyzed the DNA of fish in the Galapagos Islands and discovered a colorful new species with white speckles, a study said. Photo from Getty / iStockphoto Swimming through the crystal blue ...

After scuba diving and shooting video at Tunnels Beach one day I had a tourist come up to me and say she saw a clownfish out on the reef while snorkeling. I responded back and said that we do not have ...

Just a few nights under the glow of coastal lights is enough to send reef fish into a spiral of sleeplessness and aggression, and the damage reaches far deeper than their behavior.

SAGINAW, Mich. (WNEM) - Most reefs are associated with tropical waters and colorful fish, not the Great Lakes, but the Saginaw Bay was once the home of many rock reefs. Created by glacial activity, ...

Coral reefs are necessarily gorgeous in color and movement, but below the waves there is a similarly colorful world of sound. Underwater, there is a soundscape of snapping shrimp, grunting fish, and ...