A branching coral under pressure from heat and physical damage appears to gain crucial support from a particular ...

Mote has been working with NOAA and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ... Caribbean king crabs could join the coral on the reefs as soon as December or January.

Cuttlefish use visual tricks to avoid being eaten. New research shows how they deploy similar camouflage to bamboozle their prey.

Reporting in Proceedings Biological Sciences, researchers found that a species of branching coral benefitted from a ...

Overfishing of sharks is linked to coral reef destruction. Without sharks, smaller fish stop eating coral-eating starfish.

A coalition of organizations is working together to combat pollution and agricultural runoff, aiming to safeguard the ...

"Corals probably experience small wounds, like the ones we used in this study, relatively frequently from fish ... for coral reef restoration strategies. For example, adding mutualistic crabs ...

Amid rising ocean temperatures and mounting environmental threats, a surprising ally has emerged for the beleaguered corals ...

which create shallow reefs—they are suffering from bleaching, which makes them more susceptible to disease and predation by ...

A new study suggests that the removal of predatory fish such as sharks from coral reefs may be a key factor driving outbreaks ...

Real coral reefs are veritable cities in the sea that are inhabited by many creatures including mysterious starfish, curious tangs, and captivating clown fish. At least 2,000 species of fish, 5,000 ...

Coral reefs are one of the most diverse ecosystems on the planet. What are the abiotic and biotic interactions that structure this diverse ecosystem? Corals are members of the phylum Cnidaria, a ...