Reef fish evolved the ability to feed by biting prey from surfaces relatively recently, a UC Davis study shows. The innovation has driven an explosion of evolution in reef fish. Image shows a rainbow ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – It’s a whole new world under the sea and behind the scenes of The Reef Aquarium in the Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo. Above where the fish swim, there’s tank access and giant ...

Some reef fish have the unexpected ability to move their jaws from side to side, biologists have discovered. This ability -- which is rare among vertebrate animals -- allows these fish to feed rapidly ...

When healthy, anemones look like pink flowers blossoming on rocks and coral, and serve as homes for clownfish, made famous by ...

A grouper at Eagle Ray Roundup (photo credit: Courtney Platt) (CNS): Cayman’s reef fish, along with the coral they feed on, are in crisis, and Courtney Platt, a well-known underwater ...

Blacktip reef sharks are apex predators in Mo'orea, French Polynesia, where they create landscapes of fear for reef fish. Photo: Mike Gil/UC Davis If there was a top-rated restaurant in a dangerous ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission approved implementation of the State Reef Fish Survey during its May meeting. “The FWC is so thankful to be able to expand this already successful ...

For hungry fish, corals make a difficult meal: venomous, coated with mucus and embedded in a razor-sharp, calcified skeleton. But one species, the tubelip wrass (Labropsis australis), has developed an ...

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Coral reefs are home to a spectacular variety of fish. A new study shows that much of this diversity is driven by a relatively recent innovation among bony fish -- feeding by biting prey from surfaces ...