By looking at the microbial communities that live on corals, our research uncovered a crucial role that fishes play in protecting coral reefs. We also discovered that these fishes together with clean ...

After Hurricane Iris decimated the coral reef at Laughing Bird Caye National Park in 2001, many wrote off the UNESCO World ...

Groundwater input to coral reefs directly affects water chemistry and triggers a cascade of changes in the coastal ecosystem, according to a new study led by University of Hawaiʻi (UH) at Mānoa ...

The task force leading U.S. efforts to preserve and protect coral reef ecosystems recognized the coral reef and fisheries conservation work of three University of Guam Marine Laboratory researchers.

Florida coral reef: Will fishing council let rock shrimp nets drag the rare Oculina Bank? The Oculina Bank coral reef, found nowhere else in the world, is thousands of years old and habitat for ...

The Bahamas has launched an aggressive national conservation initiative to address and reverse the devastating effects of warming ocean temperatures and a disease ravaging its coral reefs. The ...

(CNN) — The turquoise water of Hōnaunau Bay in Hawaii, an area popular with snorkelers and divers, is teeming with spiny creatures that threaten to push the coral reef “past the point of ...

Science-fiction survival crafting game Abiotic Factor will leave Early Access and launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC via Steam on July 22, publisher Playstack and developer Deep Field an… ...

In Gili Air, Ms Lewis joined Coral Catch, a coral conservation programme, finding purpose and community, and is now helping organise their conference.

A new study conducted by researchers from McGill University and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Panama reveals why some corals resist bleaching while others do not. The ...

Abiotic articles from across Nature Portfolio Abiotic factors are non-living chemical and physical elements in the environment, which affect individual organisms as well as ecosystems. Examples ...