The Coral Triangle has often been compared to the Amazon rainforest, based on the sheer scale of its biodiversity. And now, ...

This often-overlooked sea creature may be quietly protecting the planet's coral reefs By Ari Daniel Published March 13, 2024 at 2:00 AM PDT ...

Our world is a most unusual place. There is such an enormous range of sounds, sights, smells, and types of things we observe ...

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The coral was sick. And this paste might help heal it. In the last decade, a mysterious illness called stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) has been ravaging coral in reefs across the Caribbean.

In the waters of Kumejima Island, Japan, scientists have identified a new marine species: the skeleton panda sea squirt ...

Although the humble sea cucumber may not look like much, it could soon be recruited to help save the world's coral reefs. The bottom-dwelling animals have been found to play a vital role in ...

Coral bleaching isn’t just an ocean crisis. Here’s how the global event endangers food security, local jobs—and the land ...

The words "coral reef" evoke a riot of color and life. But the ecosystem's disappearing. Now, new evidence points to an ally for the coral reef: a little creature called the sea cucumber.

Despite a high level of endemism, Hawaii’s coral reefs are low in biodiversity compared to the Indo-Pacific region. Hawaii’s number of inshore fish species is estimated to be 680, considerably ...

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