A new study has found that oceanographic connectivity (the movement and exchange of water between different parts of the ocean) is a key influence for fish abundance across the Western Indian Ocean ...

The Baa Atoll is situated just north of the Kashidhoo Kandhoo channel and was crowned with UNESCO Biosphere Reserve status in 2011 for its marine diversity. This place is a diver's paradise and is ...

The handful of rangers who protect one of Earth's most remote and biologically diverse reefs have only each other for company ...

Plenty More Fish in the Sea? Environmental Protections Account for Around 10 Percent of Fish Stocks on Coral Reefs Oct. 7, 2024 — New research shows that international conservation efforts ...

About 75% of all known coral species live there – amounting to more than 700 different species – as well as 3,000 species of reef fish and six of the world's seven marine turtle species.

Coral reefs cover less than 1 percent of the ocean floor but support about 25 percent of all marine creatures. More than half ...

"The establishment of protected areas evolved when people realized that portions of coral reefs needed continual protection to stay productive," explains WWF Conservation Programs Vice-President Joel ...

Juvenile black, white, and yellow-striped Bluehead wrasse fish dart in and out of a dead ... and reptiles like sea turtles," Torres-Pérez said. Many communities depend on coral reefs as a resource to ...