The Sounds Of A Coral Reef Recovery: Scientists Record 'Whoops, Croaks, Growls'

In central Indonesia’s Spermonde archipelago, a coral reef destroyed by blast fishing — where sticks of dynamite are thrown into the reef to kill fish — has been recovering, but scientists weren’t sure if its ecosystem would return as well. That is, until they heard the endearingly unusual sounds of marine life.

In a new study, University of Exeter and University of Bristol researchers listened to recordings of a variety of fish calls from the restored reef and found they were similar to healthy reefs, indicating the formerly degraded reef is beginning to thrive again.

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