An antibiotic treatment used in many parts of the Caribbean and on Florida's Coral Reef to combat stony coral tissue loss disease does not exhibit negative side effects, scientists at Nova ...

From sea turtles to birds and the gentle dugong, the Persian Gulf's diverse but fragile marine life is threatened by the bombs and oil of the war in the Middle East.The ecosystem was already under ...

The Indo-Pacific is the largest marine biogeographical region on Earth and a global center of marine biodiversity. Nevertheless, there are gaps remaining in our understanding of the diversity, ...

Certain small fish, like pearlfish, have evolved a bizarre survival strategy by taking refuge inside sea cucumbers. These fish enter through the anus, finding protection from predators within the ...

Anthony Ochieng, Kenyan conservation photographer (left) and a whale shark photographed off Mafia Island, Tanzania, featuring ...

As the USA Today Network reported, lionfish are an invasive species in North Carolina that are devastating the local ecosystem. These fish are native to the Indian and western Pacific Oceans but were ...

A conservationist group has spotted coral spawning events for the first time on Song Saa Island in Preah Sihanouk province and in Koh Sdach Archipelago in Koh Kong province in south-west Cambodia, ...

Over the years, the village gradually expanded its protected area. In 2022, the Government of Fiji officially recognised it as the Naidiri Marine Biodiversity Park. By 2024, it had grown to 28,800m² – ...

Desalination has long been promoted as humanity's trump card against water scarcity. With oceans covering most of the ...

Using genetic analyses, LMU geobiologists have shown that many sponge species in the Indo-Pacific are regionally unique.

Human-made chemicals are quietly building up in the ocean, with traces found from coastlines to remote coral reefs.