Biofluorescence, the absorption of high-energy light and its reemission at lower energy wavelengths, is widespread across vertebrate and invertebrate lineages,...
The symbiotic relationship between corals and their photosynthetic algal partners (photosymbionts) goes back at least to the Devonian (385 million years...
A new species of three-bearded rockling has been described from one specimen collected using a grab sample from the Tanoûdêrt Canyon off Mauritania at...
An analysis of advanced satellite images from the German Aerospace Centre has revealed an ancient landform with a circular rim and central dome ‘hidden’...
A marine biologist from Scripps Institution of Oceanography has discovered a new species of chaenopsid blenny in the waters around Cocos Island (Isla del...
A research team led by University of Alberta marine biologists has discovered a new species of sea sponge living off the coast of British Columbia, Canada.
Desmacella...
Groundwater flow from land to sea could have important coastal impacts but it is usually unrecognized. Delicate reefs may be particularly sensitive to...
A team of Australian scientists has successfully completed an integrated genomic characterization of a reef-building coral species called Porites lutea...
Marine biologists from the California Academy of Sciences have discovered a new species of coral reef fish living in the waters off Saint Paul’s Rocks,...
Brindabellaspis stensioi, a remarkable placoderm fish that swam about 400 million years ago (Early Devonian period), had a long snout, reminiscent of a...
A new species of the butterflyfish genus Prognathodes has been described from several specimens collected at depths of 180-200 feet (55-61 m) off Pearl...
A new reef system has been found at the mouth of the Amazon River by an international group of researchers from Brazil and the United States.
The Amazon...
WWF’s Living Blue Planet Report provides the most accurate picture of the state of the ocean, and the results are not very good. The report, released...
Some reef-building corals have genetic variants necessary to tolerate warm waters, according to a new study co-led by Dr Line Bay from the Australian Institute...
A living cold-water coral reef has been discovered by chance in the waters off southern Greenland.
This image, taken at a depth of about 900 meters, shows...
A coral specialist from the Netherlands has reported the discovery of a new coral species that lives on the ceilings of caves in Indo-Pacific coral reefs.
This...
Fishery biologists led by Dr Roldan Muñoz of NOAA’s Beaufort Laboratory have for the first time observed headbutting contests between males of the world’s...
