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

HONOLULU (AP) — U.S. officials say the first-ever assessment of Hawaii’s reef fish shows ... local food sources. NOAA officials say they collected information on fish size, maximum age ...

Deep coral reefs in Papahanaumokakea Marine National Monument may contain the highest percentage of fish ... Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) harbor unprecedented levels of biological diversity ...

Scientists have published a description of a new species of coral-reef ... fish, formally named Tosanoides obama, was discovered during a June 2016 NOAA expedition to the remote Northwestern ...

A major marine heat wave in the Pacific could spell disaster for the coral reefs along the coastline of Papa Bay near Hawaii ... (NOAA), told CNN. “Coral reefs provide habitat for fish that ...

Inset, fish swim near healthy corals at French Frigate Shoals prior to Hurricane Walaka. University of Hawaii-Hilo ... offering some hope the reef eventually will regrow. NOAA researchers had ...

The land board’s May 22 decision was a major milestone in a legal battle that started in 2012, when the Kaupiko and his son Ka‘imi joined forces with Center for Biological Diversity ... endemic and ...

Tosanoides obama is a coral reef fish species that was discovered during a NOAA ... of Hawaii and the insular Pacific for many years. "These deep coral reefs are home to an incredible diversity ...

Mahi mahi is a popular fish to eat in Hawaii. And now we have a better idea of what they eat. That’s thanks in part to local anglers who are donating the stomachs of mahi mahi to NOAA researchers.

It used to take years to kill a reef. Now, it can take weeks — sometimes days. Compared to Hawaii, the decline ... expanses of amazing biological diversity, just go. It's like pulling the ...

Deep coral reefs in Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument (PMNM) may contain the highest percentage of fish ... Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) harbor unprecedented levels of biological diversity ...

The land board’s May 22 decision was a major milestone in a legal battle that started in 2012, when the Kaupiko and his son Ka‘imi joined forces with Center for Biological Diversity ... endemic and ...