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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Fish farming The unique damselfish practice of cultivating their favourite type of algae on coral reefs contributes to an increase in coral disease, Australian researchers have found. The study, ...

'Antisocial' damselfish are scaring off cleaner fish customers -- and this could contribute to coral reef breakdown. Damselfish have been discovered to disrupt 'cleaning services' vital to the health ...

Being separated from "friends" can be a stressful experience for some coral reef fish, a new study has found. It can even cause them to lose weight. Scientists at James Cook University in north ...

This diagram illustrates the longfin damselfish-mysid relationship, where the niche created by the territorial algae farming longfin damselfish provides a protective refuge to mysids, leading to ...

Gardeners who are vigilant against weeds may have a newfound appreciation for damselfish, which, a new study reports, are diligent weeders of algae gardens in coral reefs around the world. Weeding, ...