Three of the new species — Haliclona pahua, Haliclona kahoe and Haliclona loe — are new to science, Toonen said. They were ...

With too few tritons on the reef, crown-of-thorns starfish populations can explode, jeopardizing the living coral that makes ... During its evolution, the green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas ...

were dropped into the sea to trap hinalea. These are just a few examples of the living connections between Hawaii, its people and the natural environment. Our coral reef habitats are more than ...

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s study of Hawaii’s deep-sea coral reefs, 43 percent of the documented fish species were endemic, far greater than the 17 ...

Without doubt, when you visit Oahu, you'll want to explore ... takes passengers to snorkel at Turtle Canyon, an area with a coral reef that is frequented by sea turtles and tropical fish.

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef alone contains more than 400 coral species, and these support 1,500 fish species, 4,000 mollusc species and six of the world’s seven sea turtle species.

Researchers in Hawaii used structures that mimic coral reefs to study aquatic life — and they found four new species. The new species are all types of sponges, “grubby little” creatures that ...

Researchers in Hawaii found four new species of sponge, a sea creature that’s important to coral reef ecosystems. Photos from Jan Vicente, University of Hawaii at Manoa Toonen co-authored a Jan ...