Despite its promise, the integration of AI in coral reef conservation faces several challenges. Data availability and quality ...

A team of environmental scientists at Duke University, working with colleagues from the University of New South Wales, the ...

A study found a 3,000-year coral reef growth standstill in the Gulf of Eilat. Tectonic shifts and sea-level changes caused ...

Time-lapse video shows how a mushroom coral polyp pulses and inflates, flinging its soft body into micro-hops to slowly move itself to a new location.

West Australian Environment Minister Reece Whitby has called for an urgent briefing to understand the full extent of damage to Ningaloo Reef after a coral bleaching event.

Feb. 5, 2025 — A new study of the Great Barrier Reef has revealed that the network of no-take marine reserves supplies nearly half of the region's coral trout fishery ... Jan. 10, 2025 — To ...

Among the myriad creatures that populate our ocean, some stand out as having an outsized impact on the marine environment—shaping and maintaining habitats that themselves sustain countless other forms ...

Western Australia has been hit by marine heatwaves since August, and now coral is bleaching in large areas along the coast ...

A camel drinking in the desert - photographed from beneath the water? Dueling wrasse fish in Japan? Just two of the stunning, ...

Coral reefs rely on a symbiosis between the coral itself and dinoflagellates, which harness sunlight to produce sugars, which they provide to the coral in return for protection and a place to grow.

New research shows that the free-living coral Cycloseris cyclolites migrates toward blue light using a pulsed inflation ...