The future looks grim for coral reefs. Warmer oceans, overfishing, pollution, and gradually acidifying waters have destroyed more than a third of the world’s shallow tropical coral reefs. Just this ...

Tropical fish are accidentally carried north to New England each summer by the Gulf Stream current. A network of institutions and citizen scientists called the Gulf Stream Orphan Project tracks these ...

Scientists have developed a model that predicts six tropical fish species will expand into northern parts of Japan as sea temperatures rise. Scientists have developed a model that predicts six ...

An international team of scientists recently led a detailed study of eastern rainbowfish, Melanotaenia splendida splendida, a freshwater species that is popular in the aquarium trade. Eastern ...

Even fish can be treehuggers. In a large study published Wednesday, fisheries ecologists at Virginia Tech have found a link between tropical forest loss in the Amazon and declines in freshwater fish ...

The oceans are home to some of Earth’s most awe-inspiring creatures. And when it comes to fish tales, size really does matter, and these ocean giants don’t need any exaggeration. From ...