A 14-year study by the Wildlife Conservation Society in an atoll reef lagoon in Glover's Reef, Belize has found that fishing closures there produce encouraging increases in populations of predatory fish species.

Australian scientists have urged greater consideration for the brilliantly-hued parrot fishes that tend and renew the world’s imperiled coral reefs.

By Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune Jul. 16--One of the most recognizable characters on kids' television is a marine creature who works in the Krusty Krab diner and is buddies with a squid, a crab, a starfish and a psychotic plankton.

By Steve ConnorScience Editor Coral reefs in the Caribbean are being smothered by algae and could soon be damaged beyond repair unless there is a campaign to protect a grazing fish that feeds on the aquatic plant, a study has found.