Groupers and coral trout appear to be especially curious, a trait generally considered a sign of smarts, but circumstance has likely guided the evolution of complex intelligence in some other species.

A new study has found that nearly half the coral trout caught on the Great Barrier Reef come from marine reserves—where protected fish grow larger and produce far more offspring.

Hope. The consistent nature of the coral trout’s population rise is extremely encouraging, especially since it’s happening over 1,700 km of ocean.

Coral trout collaborate with octopuses, which are also better at fitting into tight spaces. This latter pair lives in Australia's Great Barrier Reef. In the study, ...

Surveys carried out by Russ’s team now show that coral trout numbers have increased by over 60% in no-take areas around two groups of inshore islands – Palm Island and the Whitsundays – 18 ...

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Fishing had largely depleted coral trout stocks in inshore areas of the reef by the 1980s, before the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park was established. In 2004, ...

It’s possible that the protected fishes eat starfish, but the coral trout, whose populations have boomed in the no-take reserves, specialise in hunting fish not starfish.