New research shows that reducing overfishing could help coral reefs produce more fish and support food security in many ...

Like in humans, microbe levels can indicate health of ecosystem, say scientists from Hebrew University of Jerusalem and ...

Scientists are exploring many options when it comes to shoring up the wellbeing of coral reefs in the face of warming waters, and an international team of researchers is putting forward another ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Coral reefs will continue to experience severe heat stress as rising temperatures cause the oceans to become unbearably hot – but a new study shows that altering their feeding habits ...

Corals obtain energy in two ways: firstly, through photosynthesis by their symbiotic algae, and secondly by taking up small food particles such as plankton directly from the water. In scientific terms ...

video: Researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego and colleagues have found that corals living in more productive waters take advantage of the ...

As summer heat warms waters around the Florida Keys, scientists again on alert for more coral bleaching across the beleaguered reef will begin studying a feeding program in nurseries if conditions ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Watch this coral wave its hands in the air like it just don’t care! But actually, it probably ...

Although corals look like a plant, they are actually animals, made up of thousands of individual polyps living together in a colony. Because of their small size, scientific observation of them has ...

The world’s most famous coral reefs are all found in warm, shallow, coastal environments. But do corals live outside of these tropical vacation destinations? As a matter of fact, yes! Corals also live ...

Researchers have found that corals living in more productive waters take advantage of the increased food availability. The findings reevaluate scientific understanding of how corals survive and could ...