The Mesoamerican reef system of Belize and Mexico provides a unique experimental setting that has allowed us to isolate the importance of mangroves to coral reef fish. Three atolls have virtually no, ...

Protecting coral reefs and mangrove forests makes economic sense according to a new report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The report, titled “In the Front Line: Shoreline ...

Healthy mangroves can help fight the consequences of climate change on coral reef fisheries, according to a new study. Researchers say corals have been bleached and reefs have lost their structural ...

Mangrove forests are “unexpectedly” important to the fish on neighboring coral reefs, says a research team that took a new approach to assessing the tree-fish connection. Biologists already knew that ...

A new Nature study co-authored by a WWF scientist has found the strongest link to date between the productivity of coral reef fisheries and the health of nearby mangrove forests. Washington, DC, US – ...

Coral reefs are the gardens of the ocean. Covering just a tiny fraction of the vast sea floor, they are among the most biodiverse ecosystems on the planet. However, global warming and ocean ...

Some mangrove forests off Australia have flourished in the last several decades, a new study reports. And, counterintuitively, rising sea levels may be responsible. Off Australia’s northern coast, the ...