Cleaner fish shape coral reef health by affecting where and how microbes spread. Removing them changed fish behavior.

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The hard version of coral polyps produces limestone that is used to form layer after layer of a rigid coral skeleton. Groups ...

Rows of tanks filled with liquid nitrogen sit in temperature-controlled chambers at Sydney's Taronga zoo, cradling parts of ...

Coral reefs are likely one of the most common subjects of nature documentaries and hold special interest in the world for ...

Coral reefs are some of the Earth's most productive ecosystems, but you might've heard today they're under threat from seemingly every angle. Today we're looking into what exactly is causing these ...

World Reef Awareness Day 2025 highlights the coral reef crisis and the urgent need for global conservation action.

Researchers compared DNA from corals and their symbiotic organisms from two sites along the Pacific coast of Panama to better ...

As coral cover declines, researchers reveal healthy marine life below the surface, raising optimism for recovery and ...

A new Smithsonian study demonstrated how a probiotic could save coral reefs at-risk with SCTLD disease in Florida and the ...

The fate of coral reefs has been written with a degree of certainty rare in climate science: at 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 ...