If any fish is emblematic of this life cycle—kindergarten in the mangroves, graduate school on the reef—it is the rainbow parrotfish. The scientific name for this species is perfect ...

Reef fish, too, respond to warmer waters—sometimes ... that nibbles back strands of sargassum. And a school of parrotfish—fused teeth like wire cutters—chip away noisily at the rocks ...

Today, it remains as a living testament to the beauty and wonder of Hawaii’s reef fishes. At the Maui Ocean Center, a few common longnose butterflyfish peacefully swim alongside other reef ...

Dr. Juliette Tariel-Adam from the School of Natural Sciences at Macquarie University led a project tracking tool use in multiple species of wrasses—a colorful reef fish. The study logs fish ...

Dr Juliette Tariel-Adam from the School of Natural Sciences at Macquarie University led a project tracking tool use in multiple species of wrasses — a colourful reef fish. The study logs fish ...