the coral structures provide the structure of the ecosystem, within which other plants and animals live. The Great Barrier Reef is the largest structure ever made by life on Earth. It’s the ...

Coral curator Christina Jayne discusses how coral pyramids will be outplanted at two sites as a restoration and enhancement ...

Coral reefs are some of the most beautiful and biodiverse ecosystems on the planet, covering less than one percent of the ocean floor, but containing a quarter of all marine life. However ...

In large numbers, crown-of-thorns starfish can mow down wide swaths of coral reef. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) reports that Acropora species are in the top three ...

Stretching over an incredible 2,300 kilometers, the reef's sheer size is mind-boggling. It's like a natural skyscraper underwater, teeming with life instead ... 400 types of coral, each one ...

The wildlife documentary series narrated by David Attenborough reveals the ingenious ways life exists in the undersea ... they can be seen from space. Coral reef cities never sleep, they are ...

Scientists from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and the National Center for Wildlife (NCW) report in PNAS NEXUS an unusual ecosystem below the third largest coral reef ...

More information: Zoe T. Richards et al, Deoxygenation following coral spawning and low-level thermal stress trigger mass coral mortality at Coral Bay, Ningaloo Reef, Coral Reefs (2024). DOI: 10. ...

An "unprecedented" mass bleaching event has been recorded off Australia's western coast, scientists said Wednesday, turning ...