New Study Reveals Dramatic Changes in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef
Marine biologist Prof. Maoz Fine: ‘Following in the footsteps of the pioneers of coral reef biology and ecology was an inspirational experience.’ Coral reefs around…
Marine biologist Prof. Maoz Fine: ‘Following in the footsteps of the pioneers of coral reef biology and ecology was an inspirational experience.’ Coral reefs around…
USC scientists discover coral equip their offspring with symbiotic algae colonies to help them cope with rising ocean temperatures. The fate of the world’s coral…
A study in the journal Bulletin of Marine Science describes a new, blood-red species of octocoral found in Panama. The species in the genus Thesea…
Spending hours a day diving around the coral reefs off St. Croix might sound like the stuff of a dream vacation, but for Annie Opel…
Three new species of zoantharians were discovered by researchers from the University of the Ryukyus and Kagoshima University, Japan, and the Palau International Coral Reef…
Scientists have discovered a pattern of gene activity, which allows some corals to survive in higher temperatures. This suggests a way to predict how different…
If current carbon dioxide emission trends continue, nearly every coral reef would be decimated by 2100, according to a new review of major climate models….
When Acropora nasuta corals come into contact with the toxic seaweed Chlorodesmis fastigiata, they emit a chemical that summons gobies, inch-long fish live in the…
In an effort to better understand ocean acidification and the effects of climate change on coral reefs, an international team of scientists has created a…
To better understand how to protect coral reefs, a team of microbiologists are investigating how environmental changes, such as oxygen depletion and ocean acidification, create…
The Great Barrier Reef is under attack by a disease and new data shows that the Black Band Disease can migrate at a rate fast…
Jacques Cousteau warned that humans were having a negative impact on coral reefs. Some three decades later, ecologist and biology professor Phil Dustan has witnessed…