Our coral reef habitats are more than beautiful, underwater seascapes to look at and enjoy. Behind every coral, fish or marine critter are stories that connect us to Hawaii’s culture and past.

Naturally, many of us assumed this was the longest Hawaiian fish name, but surprisingly there ... lives in deep-water environments beyond coral reefs, most notably off the Kona Coast of the ...

executive director of For the Fishes, a reef wildlife advocacy group. “Thankfully, the council agreed with the land board and did the right thing under the law.” “This is good news. Hawaii’s coral ...

Get Hawaii’s latest morning news delivered ... The release of these iconic coral reef fish into our nearshore waters ...

Dr. Jan Vicente, of Hawai’i Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB) and lead author of the Zootaxia article in which four new ...

Approximately one-fourth of the plants, fish and invertebrates found in Hawaiian coral reefs are endemic to Hawai‘i. Coral reefs are intrinsic to Hawaiian culture and fundamental to the fabric of ...

The researchers from NYU Abu Dhabi, the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology and The University of Manchester, identified how coral reef fish living in the Arabian Gulf - the warmest waters on earth - ...

The series will "highlight how important coral reefs are to the Hawaiian culture and how working to preserve them represents a vital step towards ensuring our oceans have more fish for the future ...

The team's findings are detailed in the paper "Narrow Margins: Aerobic Performance and Temperature Tolerance of Coral Reef Fishes Facing Extreme Thermal Variability," published in Global Change ...