Scientists discovered that crabs eat young crown-of-thorns starfish, reducing their population before they damage coral reefs ...

Coral reefs are some of the world's most diverse ecosystems. Despite making up less than 1% of the world's oceans, one ...

If you've ever spent time snorkeling or scuba diving in a healthy coral reef, you've likely been enchanted by the magic of ...

Teeming with life, a healthy coral reef is one of the noisiest places in the ... such as the blue whale, to be the loudest animal in the ocean. Reef sounds are beneficial to some marine animals, which ...

Although they occupy less than 0.1% of the ocean floor, coral reefs are home to a quarter of all marine life - that’s more species than rainforests. Animals use reefs for shelter, food and laying eggs ...

Coral reefs provide an important ecosystem for life underwater, protect coastal areas by reducing ... as mangrove forests and seagrass beds that act as nurseries for marine animals, as well as human ...

Reporting in Proceedings Biological Sciences, researchers found that a species of branching coral benefitted from a reef-dwelling crab, especially when the coral was heat-stressed and wounded.

Coral reefs are some of the most beautiful and biodiverse ecosystems on the planet, covering less than one percent of the ocean floor, but containing a quarter of all marine life. However ...

Researchers have found that reef fish from the Arabian Gulf, the world's hottest sea, exhibit a higher tolerance to temperature fluctuations compared to those from more thermally stable coral reefs.