As coral reefs become increasingly decimated, predatory fish have fewer places to hide when stalking prey. A new study now suggests they're adapting, by using other fish as mobile hunting blinds. It's ...

New research reveals how small coral-reef dwelling humbug damselfish use 'motion dazzle' and adaptive behaviors to confuse potential predators. When thinking of animal camouflage, we typically imagine ...

An experiment on coral reefs provides the first evidence that predators use other animals for motion camouflage to approach their prey without detection. An experiment on coral reefs provides the ...

Artificial light can wake sleeping fish and attract predators, changing nighttime coral reef communities, according to new research using novel underwater infrared cameras. The study, published today ...

Non-consumptive effects (NCEs) of predators occur as prey alters their habitat use and foraging decisions to avoid predation. Although NCEs are recognized as being important across disparate ...

South Florida researchers trying to prevent predatory fish from devouring laboratory-grown coral are grasping at biodegradable straws in an effort to restore what some call the rainforest of the sea.

Actually, it's more like eat and be eaten for most organisms. While plants and some bacteria can make their own food, other organisms must eat living things to survive. This makes them predators. You ...

Sharks are a broad and diverse group of species, but in the public imagination we tend to treat them all the same. Brandon Cole Marine Photography/Alamy Stock Photo This article is from Hakai Magazine ...

The story demonstrates how resilient nature is when given the chance. Researchers make stunning discovery while studying ...

If you want to understand how wild animals deal with socially transmitted misinformation, examining the habits coral reef fish is a pretty good place to start. In a nutshell, that’s the assessment of ...

A study led by Associate Professor Kelton McMahon at University of Rhode Island's Graduate School of Oceanography has found that food webs on tropical reefs are more fragile than we once thought.