Traditional chemical sunscreens can damage coral reefs. Scientists say there's a fix using one derived from tea plant pollen.

Corals use a unique light-sensing mechanism where opsins switch between UV and visible light depending on pH, stabilized by ...

Corals may lack eyes, but they are far from blind. These delicate animals sense light in ways that continue to amaze and inspire the scientific community.

New research has revealed a unique mechanism in reef-building corals that allows them to switch their light sensitivity between ultraviolet and visible light using chloride ions from their environment ...

Gigantic “underwater puppy dogs” have returned to one of the region’s most beloved dive sites after a dramatic coral recovery ...

The Indonesian government has allowed a controversial nickel mine to resume operating in the marine haven of Raja Ampat, ...

Biological self-recognition phenomena, analogous in many respects to vertebrate histocompatibility, are apparently widespread in scleractinian corals. Here we exploit the operational properties of a ...

Two crucial coral reefs in UAE waters are showing signs of recovery from bleaching in a boost for the environment, a study ...