Among the myriad creatures that populate our ocean, some stand out as having an outsized impact on the marine ...

The UZELA system improves coral feeding by increasing zooplankton availability, offering a novel approach to support coral health and ecosystem sustainability.

On Friday NOAA announced that it is delaying protections for pillar coral. The 60-day delay means that the effective date of ...

Time-lapse video shows how a mushroom coral polyp pulses and inflates, flinging its soft body into micro-hops to slowly move itself to a new location.

You will cherish those moments in life where your breath was taken away by beauty. The human senses and the human mind together define beauty and whether art imitates life or life imitates art, we ...

PETALING JAYA: Over half of the coral reefs in Malaysian waters have been affected by coral bleaching between April and June due to increased sea surface temperatures. The Fisheries Department ...

REEF Check Malaysia (RCM) is working with the local community in Pulau Redang, Terengganu to rehabilitate coral reefs. The programme, implemented by its Cintai Redang team, is supported by the ...

and reduce resilience of coral to bleaching and disease. We found water quality in rivers flowing to the reef – one of the world’s seven natural wonders – had declined over the past two decades.

Coral reefs are complex underwater ecosystems formed primarily by colonies of tiny marine animals known as coral polyps. These polyps secrete calcium carbonate, creating hard exoskeletons that ...

There they metamorphose, like a caterpillar to a butterfly, into a coral polyp. Those polyps clone themselves over and over again, eventually forming larger coral colonies that build reefs. That’s how ...

Those polyps clone themselves over and over again, eventually forming larger coral colonies that build reefs. That’s how typical reef-building corals, like the iconic elkhorn and staghorn ...

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