New study co-authored by Scripps Oceanography identifies Corazon’s Damsel, a previously unknown species of damselfish found off Madagascar Damselfishes are a diverse group of small to medium-sized ...
Scientists have also learned a lot about the complex behaviours of the damselfish through listening to their sounds, another factor which helps in their use as indicator species. The sound in the clip ...
Scientists say the world's coral reefs could go extinct during our children's lifetimes. Human activities are putting this beautiful ecosystem at risk. Some risks are obvious — such as global warming, ...
This vibrantly orange-and-black fish with rounded fins is called a clownfish and is a member of the family Pomacentridae. To some children’s dismay, the not-so-funny clownfish do not inhabit Hawaiian ...
Courtship calls among two species of fish commonly found on Australian coral reefs have been described, and researchers say their "accents" can vary significantly between regions. Scientists led by ...
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 ...
I’ve written about why some reef dwelling fishes, particularly clownfish or anemonefish, are striped and how the direction of their stripes — vertical or horizontal — predicts their aggressiveness ...
Could anything be better than chilling by the sky-blue waters of Belize, with servants doing your grunt work? Not for the longfin damselfish, who has turned the planktonic mysid shrimp into a virtual ...
A species of damselfish, Stegastes nigricans, selectively weed the algal gardens on which they feed in order to encourage the growth of their preferred algal species of Polysiphonia and suppress the ...
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...
You might think that a party thrown by a bunch of middle-age women science buffs would be a little dry. Especially if you walked into that party to find that the cocktail-hour entertainment consisted ...
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