Big fish show a marked preference for sheltering under large, flat table corals, as opposed to branching corals or massive corals, Australian scientists have found.

Australia’s sea snakes may be more in danger of extinction than previously thought, marine scientists say.

Researc­hers have long thought of males as the lone dancers in courtship display, leaving females to judge, but in one species of cichlid fish, the opposite occurs, according to new research.

A new study has found that it is more important for marine life how that prey is distributed rather than the abundance of prey.

Fish larvae use environmental cues to find their way back to the reef after being out on the open ocean

Followers bring out the best in their leaders, and leaders elicit better following skills in their minions, according to a new study of stickleback fish

A report in Current Biology reveals how one species of fish picks its leaders: Most of the time they reach a consensus to go for the more attractive of two candidates

Open social network of dolphins is linked to their relatively low costs of locomotion, not to control either territory or sexual partners

Scientists from University of Miami tagged tiger sharks in Florida and the Bahamas so see if sharks fed with chum behave differently from those who are not.

Australian scientists are trying to find out why man-eating sharks are attracted to popular coastal beaches.