coral reefs
A close-up ofextended polyps of an apparently healthy great star coral colony (Montastraea cavernosa) on
via UN Development Programme Monitoring the ongoing health of a reef using a hydrophone and
A healthy coral reef in the Phoenix Islands Protected Area Is it possible that some
A close-up showing the detail in a Platygyra coral (credit Emily Howells) Is it possible
Penn biologist Katie Barott and colleagues found that corals maintain their ability to resist bleaching
A bleached reef-building coral of the genus Porites. These coral species are important builders of
A colony of Acropora tenuis grown in a natural sea environment and transferred to an
The coral releases bundles of eggs and sperm for spawning into the water column. After
Cloud brightening equipment. Credit: Brendan Kelaher/Southern Cross University Initiating a world-first cloud brightening technique to
Overfishing has the biggest impact on reef fish communities, while climate change has the greatest
Scanning electron microscope image of the microalgal colonies in the hybrid living biopolymers Credit: Daniel
Young fish can be drawn to degraded coral reefs by loudspeakers playing the sounds of
Coral researchers are working night and day on the Great Barrier Reef to complete a
Natural disasters such as hurricanes often leave devastation in their wake. Residents living in affected
New, lower-cost help may soon be on the way to help manage one of the