Red coral plays an important role in the Mediterranean ecosystem. After France’s conquest of Algeria in 1830, the coral trade played a vital role in the settlement of Europeans and the country’s ...

Sea urchins in Israel's Gulf of Eilat have been dying off at an alarming rate, researchers announced Wednesday — a development that threatens the Red Sea’s prized coral reef ecosystems.

“We predict that in just a short time, the entire population of these sea urchins, in both the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, will get sick and die.” A report has been submitted to the Israel Nature ...

Without them, a coral reef can become dominated and overcome by algae. This story began two decades ago, when these sea urchins invaded from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of ...

A deadly epidemic has killed the whole population of black sea urchins in the Gulf of Eilat in the last few months, and continues to spread through the Red Sea threatening unique coral reefs ...

A deadly epidemic that is spreading through the Red Sea has killed off an entire species of sea urchin in the Gulf of Aqaba, imperilling the region's uniquely resilient coral reefs, an Israeli ...

The only other Red Sea soft coral to be identified to date in the Eastern Mediterranean is Melithaea erythraea. That was first documented in the waters warmed by the Hadera power plant, just off ...

A scientist holds a sea urchin specimen of the long-spined Diadema setosum, found in the Mediterranean, at the Steinhardt Museum of Natural History of Tel Aviv University in Tel Aviv, Israel ...

Under the bright blue water of the Gulf of Aqaba on the Red Sea, the view is stunning. Expansive coral reefs teeming with life; colorful fish and invertebrates. But something crucial has gone ...

A decade after being transplanted, red coral colonies seized from illegal fishing have successfully thrived, contributing to the recovery of coral reefs in the Medes Islands. This long-term success ...