Gagliano grew up in northern Italy and is a marine ecologist by training. She spent her early career studying ambon damselfish at the Great Barrier Reef.

Today, SurfPerch can identify 38 different marine sounds, including the clicks of dolphins and the whooping of Ambon damselfish. The tool is being trained on audio collected by scientists all over ...

Today, SurfPerch can identify 38 different marine sounds, including the clicks of dolphins and the whooping of Ambon damselfish.

Damselfish, a species of saltwater fish famous for their bright colours, are also sweet serenaders. The Ambon damselfish, which live in coral reefs in the Western Pacific, take their flirting a ...

A damselfish near Palau in the Pacific. “Cognitive ability in fishes is very important for their survival,” said Ana Luchiari, co-author of a new study.

Pollutants can impact behavior beyond shoaling, and saltwater ecosystems as well. In a 2020 study, researchers took Ambon damselfish larvae back to the lab and exposed some of them to microplastic ...

In a 2020 study, researchers took Ambon damselfish larvae back to the lab and exposed some of them to microplastic beads. Then, they returned the young fish to different stretches of the Great Barrier ...