Meet a hermit crab and a newly described anemone that it carries on its shell.
Scientists have reported that some wild stingrays produce short, loud clicking sounds. Joni Pini-Fitzsimmons is a marine scientist and stingray expert at Macquarie University in Australia. In 2018, Joni received an unusual stingray video from a colleague. It showed a mangrove whipray gliding over a…
Project Taramea trains young Māori divers in the Cook Islands to remove crown-of-thorns starfish that eat corals.
Old McDonald had a farm – EI-EI-O, and on that farm he had some tropical marine fish. EI-EI-wait, what?
It is World Oceans Day on June 8 2022. Learn about the ocean!
What do you know about coral and coral reefs? Challenge yourself to this coral reef quiz!
This year World Otter Day is May 25. Let’s celebrate these amazing, water-loving, playful, carnivorous mammals.
When most people think of tuna, they probably think of fish that comes in a can … You may be amazed at how awesome these fish really are!
You might think we know almost everything about the big animals of the world. But, scientists are often discovering surprising new things – this time about tiger sharks. Tiger sharks in Mozambique have been recorded traveling thousands of kilometers to the other side of the…
How can you help fish and give old buses a new life at the same time? In Sri Lanka, an island country in the Indian Ocean, government agencies have a plan to do just that. The Sri Lankan Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources and…
By Lisa Algee This article is part of a three-part series on oceans and coral reefs consisting of the following articles: Rainforests and coral reefs Ocean prognosis (this article) Coral reef solutions Each has been taken from the Mongabay main site and adapted to meet…