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

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. One of the most easily visible impacts of climate change is coral ...

Several years ago, scientists started to raise the alarm about the potential harm sunscreen might have on coral reefs and other marine life. That has led to more research, bans on certain sunscreen ...

Reef "beauty salons" staffed by tiny cleaner fish aren t just for parasite removal they may also shape the microbial life of the entire ecosystem. A fascinating new study shows these bustling fish ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Summer has sprung in the Northern Hemisphere and after surviving a ...

There’s no better time to consider the ways your purchasing decisions impact the planet than during Earth Month. The personal products you use every day can be a significant source of water pollution ...

Life on the Great Barrier Reef is undergoing big changes in the face of climate change and other human-caused pressures, a new study reveals. From food security to controlling seaweed and even making ...

For the past 10 years, marine biologist and conservationist Stan Shea has been leading a citizen-science program called the 114°E Hong Kong Reef Fish Survey to compile data on local reef fish species ...

The Great Barrier Reef is suffering its third mass bleaching event in five years. It follows the record-breaking mass bleaching event in 2016 that killed a third of Great Barrier Reef corals, ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Mike Gil, an ecologist at the University of Colorado Boulder, deployed video cameras to “spy” on coral reef fish over months and found that they ...