Loss of Biodiversity Climate change is a formidable force that threatens the rich tapestry of life on Earth, known as ...

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

The collapse of coral in the Keys would also have an economic ripple effect ... Florida is home to the third-largest reef in the world. Iconic sites along the reef have experienced a 90 percent ...

Coral reefs are very much the rainforests of the oceans. Not only are they diverse communities, but the coral skeletons - like trees - contain potentially long term records of climate. Aa Aa Aa ...

Coral reefs are some of the world's most diverse ecosystems. Despite making up less than 1% of the world's oceans, one ...

Polyps collectively bulge, branch, ripple and fan out into diverse shapes ... “It can guide your hypotheses for what you might see in the real world.” Coral reefs have been around for millions of ...

Nearly a quarter of all ocean species rely on the reefs. William… Coral reefs across the globe once again endure mass bleaching amid warming oceans, scientists say Coral reef bleaching across ...

Reporting in Proceedings Biological Sciences, researchers found that a species of branching coral benefitted from a reef-dwelling crab, especially when the coral was heat-stressed and wounded.