After two years of record-breaking ocean heat, scientists are assessing the impacts of the world’s fourth mass bleaching event on coral reefs around the globe. At least 74 countries and territories ...

Most parrot-fish in Hawai‘i are called uhu, and we have over five known species and maybe even some crosses between species. One reason it is hard to identify parrot-fish is because they are all ...

Neighbors can be annoying. They may be loud or intrude on your space. But is it worth fighting with them? Parrotfish choose not to. In a new study published August 28 in the journal Ecology, a CU ...

Parrotfishes are abundant herbivores that primarily graze upon algae, which may indirectly benefit corals by mitigating coral-algae competition. At a local scale, management efforts to increase ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — U.S. officials are seeking to limit the number of parrotfish caught in federal waters off St. Croix to help protect the brightly colored species, as well as fragile ...

The 18-inch-long palenose parrot-fish is the most-common parrotfish species we have here in Hawai‘i, and also the smallest. Several of the other species grow up to three feet long, and they are all ...

In the wake of severe coral bleaching, a new study finds that in contrast to most other species, reef-dwelling parrotfish populations are booming. The surprise finding came when researchers led by ...

Dec. 2 (UPI) --When coral bleaching events cause coral to die, many reef species are forced to relocate, but not the parrotfish. New research suggests parrotfish thrive when coral dies. Scientists at ...

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Orbicella annularis is an important Caribbean coral and an endangered species, yet it is also frequently predated by parrotfishes. Researchers have tracked the recovery of this coral species from ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) and Ana Lilia ...