When top ocean predators vanish, the ecosystems they leave behind don't just adapt—they transform in surprising and troubling ...

Researchers looked at decades of coral reef studies and found a previously unsuspected link between fishing of sharks, the behaviors of smaller fish and outbreaks of crown-of-thorns starfish.

A specialist in capturing reef fish in coral caves and crevices ... tucked tightly into cracks and crevices in the coral are a target, as the shark’s slender body allows it to squeeze into ...

But some, like the tiger shark, are powerful enough to bite ... (Scorpaenopsis oxycephala), closely resembles the reef's rocky, algae- and coral-encrusted bottom, where it lies in wait for ...

It is also in close proximity to a diverse coral reef system. So, the region supports the silky shark’s natural habitat. These areas have abundant sea life, including bony fish like tuna ...

CORAL REEF From the deck of a skiff on the surface ... came the gigantic gape and spread pectoral fins of a feeding whale shark. Then more whale sharks arrived, and finally bottlenose dolphins ...

On the Great Barrier Reef, bleaching is underway in the northernmost section. This is the sixth bleaching event on the Great ...

From diving into the colorful coral reefs of the Great Barrier Reef to swimming alongside whale sharks in the Maldives, the ...