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 ...

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, ...

ABSTRACT: Mangroves and seagrass beds have long been considered important nursery grounds for various species of juvenile reef fishes due to their higher abundances in these habitats compared to coral ...

Two decades ago ecologist Ilka C. Feller heard about a plant advancing at an unprecedented rate into a coastal restoration site near Merritt Island on Florida’s Atlantic coast, midway between Miami ...

Scientists hope to save mangroves with global collaboration. Margaret Osborne Mangroves line a channel connecting the Belize River to the coastal lagoon system. These trees are hundreds of years old ...

A mangrove is a forest consisting of various species of mangrove trees growing with their bases submerged in water, at the interface between land and sea. They cover more than three quarters of ...

The winners of the Mangrove Photography Awards shed light on the ecologically valuable but highly threatened coastal ecosystems A juvenile blacktip reef shark swims in shallow waters by the mangroves ...

Oysters and mangroves are both essential to protecting and restoring Florida’s coastlines that they call home, including defending them against storms. As mangrove populations are increasing due to ...