Think of it as a seed bank to store the genes of Florida's most imperiled corals until safer times along the state's dying reefs. SeaWorld Orlando's new Coral Rescue Center, unveiled Friday, aims to ...
Paris — Fish that have lost food due to mass coral bleaching are getting into more unnecessary fights, causing them to expend precious energy and potentially threatening their survival, new research ...
Coral reefs, those vibrant underwater cities, stand on the precipice of collapse. While rising ocean temperatures and coral bleaching grab headlines, a new essay in Current Biology reveals a hidden ...
A new international study found escalating impacts of ocean warming on coral reefs after assembling the largest global ...
Do you know which is the largest coral reef in the world? Explore why the Great Barrier Reef holds this title, along with its ...
Many different species of rays for sale at a market in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. (Samantha Sherman/Simon Fraser University) (CN) — Of the 1,199 species of rays and sharks on the planet, Samantha ...
Coral reefs all over the world, already threatened by rising temperatures brought about by climate change, also face serious challenges from the possibility of fish species extinctions. According to a ...
" These incredible structures are built by tiny animals called polyps that secrete calcium carbonate to form their hard skeletons. They occur in more than 100 countries and territories, and whilst ...
Coral reefs are one of the most diverse ecosystems on the planet. What are the abiotic and biotic interactions that structure this diverse ecosystem? Corals are members of the phylum Cnidaria, a ...
The underwater world often feels like something from another planet. Life in the seas and oceans remains a mystery to those of us on the surface—not only fascinating but also breathtakingly beautiful, ...
ALLIGATOR REEF, off the Florida Keys — Three and a half miles off the Florida Keys, Kylie Smith kicked to the surface of the ocean, then looked back down through her scuba mask to confirm what she had ...