Zooxanthellae are plantlike organisms that photosynthesize and exchange food and nutrients with their host coral. In the warm oligotrophic waters where corals thrive, the nutrition provided by ...

Carbon dioxide (CO₂), the greenhouse gas fueling climate change, is increasingly shaping our lives. It drives rising seas, ...

The animals prefer water depths between 15 and ... a family of algae that creates nutrients for the coral by converting sunlight into energy by way of photosynthesis. In exchange, the algae ...

The red coral colonies that were transplanted a decade ago on the seabed of the Medes Islands have survived successfully. They are very similar to the original communities and have contributed to the ...

Not only are they diverse communities, but the coral skeletons - like trees - contain potentially long term records of climate. Aa Aa Aa Corals reefs are communities of organisms in which corals ...

Coral snakes are extremely reclusive and generally bite humans only when handled or stepped on. They must literally chew on their victim to inject their venom fully, so most bites to humans don't ...

The Great Barrier Reef is one of the most biodiverse places in the entire world, worth billions of dollars. But it's in real danger of being killed off as greenhouse gas emissions warm the water ...

Between predator-prey and competitive relationships, it may seem that organisms are alone in the world, fighting to survive and reproduce. But many organisms have evolved cooperative strategies ...

The finding suggests that crabs and other organisms might remove the algae -- in effect, pruning their habitat. But why would crabs be attracted to coral wounds in the first place? Perhaps they're ...

A new method inspired by coral reefs can capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and transform it into durable, ...