Ecological Applications. doi:10.1002/eap.2213 Banner image caption: A school of fish swim amongst healthy coral reefs in South Kona, Hawaii Island. Image by Greg Asner, Arizona State University ...

To help Hawaii’s coral reefs recover from bleaching, we must protect and maintain a healthy population of the herbivorous fish that are essential to reef ecosystems. ADVERTISING To help Hawaii ...

The Hawaiian islands are home to paradise ... The stress of recent bleaching events caused some of our fish populations and certain reefs to drop by up to 50% in the last 10 years, DeMartini ...

Massive sea urchin populations are destroying Hawaii's coral reefs faster than they can naturally rebuild themselves.

Coral reefs around the world are in trouble. Sea urchin populations are skyrocketing, which is threatening some reefs in ...

As coral reefs struggle to adapt to warming waters, high levels of pollution and sea-level rise, ballooning sea-urchin ...

This 3-inch-long, gray-colored gregory with yellow eyes is the most aggressive fish on the Hawaiian coral reef. The gregory (a damselfish) are highly territorial, and they keep all other fish away ...

Get Hawaii’s latest morning news delivered ... The release of these iconic coral reef fish into our nearshore waters represents a historic moment for OI, HPU and the State of Hawaiʻi.

Fish pass over a coral reef at Hanauma Bay ... got the idea to use social media for the research after doing fieldwork in Hawaii in 2021 and realizing that one of the first things people do ...

May 28, 2025 — This study measured the growth rate of coral reefs in Honaunau Bay, Hawaii, using on-site data ... with a neural network to identify fish activity on coral reefs by sound.

Scientists say one-fourth the ocean's fish depend on healthy coral reefs, which also protect shoreline communities from powerful waves during storms. One of Hawaii’s oldest stories, the ...

Where do you go when you're a fish and you need a skincare treatment? Coral reefs contain natural "beauty salons," lively ...