A new analysis of state and federal monitoring data finds that yellow tang populations on Hawaiʻi reefs failed to recover — and in some cases declined — after commercial aquarium fish collecting ended ...

Microplastics are widespread in Pacific island fish, with reef and bottom-dwelling species showing the highest exposure.

Microplastics were found in a third of sea life off the coasts of some of the remotest Pacific Islands, say scientists.

This article was originally featured on Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science and society in coastal ecosystems. Read more stories like this at hakaimagazine.com. Sixty-six million years ...

A Bay Area environmental group is pushing for more restrictions and protection at one of the largest shale reefs in North ...

Just six months after Ocean Rescue Alliance International deployed 50 artificial reef structures off the shores of Hollywood ...

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 ...

Reef fish evolved the ability to feed by biting prey from surfaces relatively recently, a UC Davis study shows. The innovation has driven an explosion of evolution in reef fish. Image shows a rainbow ...