The turquoise water of Hōnaunau Bay in Hawaii, an area popular with snorkelers and divers, is teeming with spiny creatures ...

Dead fish are being reported at two Arizona lakes. Wildlife officials say poor water quality caused by below-average ...

Brian Wheeler, director of Save Wild Trout, recently documented extensive algae blooms on the Big Hole, Jefferson and Boulder ...

The discovery by UF/IFAS researchers marks the first documented instance of SSWD in the Atlantic Ocean and the first known ...

The West Tisbury and Chilmark Boards of Health issued a cyanobacteria bloom advisory for several regions of Tisbury Great ...

In the study, researchers said the Honaunau Bay now has an average of 51 sea urchins per square meter. This is considered to be the highest recorded density on coral reefs anywhere in the world.

While sea urchins play a role in preventing algae overgrowth which can ultimately choke off oxygen to coral, they also feed off the reef, meaning an overgrowth can cause what researchers are now ...

By disturbing seabed sediments while feeding, they help maintain ecological balance. Their loss could lead to algae overgrowth and the collapse of seagrass habitats critical to juvenile fish.

Researcher monitoring Little Cayman reefs (photo courtesy of CCMI) (CNS): The coral cover on Little Cayman’s reefs has dropped to the lowest since monitoring began more than half a century ...

Already under pressure because of the rising temperature of the ocean and water pollution, the coral reef in Hōnaunau Bay faces a new threat.

Are current events making you feel numb? Habituation is when we have diminished responses to repeated stimulation. It can be ...