The gel is an antidote to a major problem conservationists face when working in reef restoration: Getting coral larvae to ...

Corals everywhere on the planet live in harmony with microscopic organisms. Many corals get their vivid colors from ...

A substance developed at UC San Diego improved coral larvae settlement by up to 20 times in experiments compared to untreated ...

SNAP-X releases scents that attract larvae to help sustain coral reefs in the ocean, according to UCSD's Scripps Institution ...

When baby corals are hunting for a new home, they float around the water column until they find somewhere to settle down and ...

Over 300 invasive species are in the United States' national parks, causing a variety of issues such as harmful changes in ecosystem ecology, disease emergence, and local species extinctions. Invasive ...

In coral reefs throughout the world, visually striking bands of bare sand surrounding reefs are often visible in satellite ...

Some reef fish have the unexpected ability to move their jaws from side to side, biologists at the University of California, Davis have discovered. This ability – which is rare among vertebrate ...

which makes them an essential predator in the food chain of coral reef environments. Additionally, manta rays have a symbiotic relationship with cleaner fish, allowing them to maintain healthy skin ...

Frequent and illegal human activities by the Philippines have caused damage to the coral reef ecosystems around Tiexian Reef of the South China Sea, said a report released by the Ministry of ...

China has concluded that coral reef degradation in the waters surrounding Sandy Cay – a disputed reef in the South China Sea – was due to a combination of natural phenomena and human ...