There aren’t many reef-feeding fish out there, mostly because coral reefs have developed defense mechanisms to prevent becoming a fish’s lunch. Among those, some have external jellyfish-like ...

If you've ever had the bad luck of scraping your skin against coral in the ocean, you know how painful it can be. That's because in addition to its hard and spiny architecture, corals also contain ...

Fish lips may be fixture of the selfie generation, but for one tropical fish, a fleshy pout helps them survive. The tubelip wrasse (Labropsis australis) relies on self-lubricated lips to eat stinging ...

The razor-sharp skeleton and venomous stinging cells of corals make them one of the most challenging meals in nature, requiring hungry organisms to develop features that can bypass these biological ...

More than 6,000 fish species that live on coral reefs, but only 128 are known to feed on corals. Now, researchers have discovered how at least one species of coral-feeding fish does it. They 'kiss' ...

One feature that has long captured the attention of biologists and aquarists alike is the unusually large lips of some cichlid species. These thick, plump lips have puzzled researchers for years, ...