Helicopter Parenting Stops Bloodsucking Parasites Draining These Great Barrier Reef Fishes' Young Considering how effective this approach is, it’s amazing more fish don't follow it.

Considering that Polycentrus schomburgkii, as well as the other species of the Polycentridae (Monocirrhus polyacanthus Heckel, Afronandus sheljuzhkoi Meinken and Polycentropsis abbreviata Boulenger) ...

Transcriptomic analyses of Malabar grouper show pathways known to be involved in metamorphosis are also upregulated at an early stage of larval development, suggesting an additional function during ...

Seven nurseries from Kent and Sussex are preparing to take their unique plants to the world’s most prestigious flower show next week.

Poisonous and venomous are not synonymous. Discover the difference between poison and venom and animals that have each.

Whether it’s fleas or ticks, hookworms or heartworms, bedbugs or lice, a horrifying array of parasites lurk in every corner, ready and waiting for a suitable host. These tiny creatures are irksome ...

The research focuses on the breeding behavior of spiny chromis (Acanthochromis polyacanthus)—an abundant fish species on reefs throughout the tropical Pacific that exhibits extensive parental care.

Spiny chromis (Acanthochromis polyacanthus) are fish that fan water over their eggs, creating streams of inflowing oxygen that helps the embryos grow.

Coral reef fish breed more successfully if motorboat noise is reduced, new research shows. Scientists introduced "traffic calming" on three coral reefs for an entire breeding season – cutting the ...

This can lead to increased gene expression alteration accordingly to environmental change namely transcriptional plasticity -- to ocean acidification in A. polyacanthus.