“An Extremely Violent Global Pandemic” – Mysterious Disease Wipes Out Sea Urchins Worldwide
There are growing concerns about the worldwide expansion of coral reef destruction. Research team: “This is an extremely ...
The man on a mission to save coral reefs – by growing them in London
From the tiny basement of the Horniman Museum, Dr Jamie Craggs’ innovative new technique aims to protect these ecosystems ...
Suffocating seas: Low oxygen levels emerging as third major threat to tropical coral reefs
Coral reef research has focused on the twin evils birthed by record-high greenhouse gas emissions: warming oceans and ...
The deadly pathogen that decimated sea urchins along the Red Sea coast has now spread to the Indian Ocean
An international team of researchers, led by scientists from Tel Aviv University, has discovered that the pathogen ...
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Caribbean and Indian Oceans Face Deadly Sea Urchin Plague
A scuticociliate parasite is causing mass die-offs of sea urchins across the Caribbean, Red Sea and Indian Ocean, leading to ...
Study Reveals How Some Corals ‘Walk’ Across the Sea Floor
The mushroom corals tended to move toward the blue light. Science explains that since blue light wavelengths penetrate deeper ...
These Corals Are Made for Walking
But there’s another, lesser-known and understudied kind of coral that’s completely solitary. And some of these animals, known as mushroom corals, can walk. “They’re very little,” said Brett Lewis, a ...
Billy Causey, ‘protector’ of reefs who Keys anglers once burned in effigy, dies at 81
Over his lifetime, Billy Causey was a saltwater aquarium store owner, an Aquanaut, the first superintendent of the nation’s ...
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Find out which of these must-see aquariums in the US are close enough to visit
The Living Reef exhibit is a showcase of live Pacific corals. It's pure magic! If you’re based in Texas, this wildlife wonder is well worth a look in – and we don’t say this lightly. Why? Well, first ...