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

The Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Australia is the largest coral reef in the world. It spans 1,400 miles and is home to 400 types of coral, 1,500 species of fish and 4,000 types of mollusk ...

Coral reefs are one of the most diverse ecosystems on the planet. What are the abiotic and biotic interactions that structure this diverse ecosystem? Corals are members of the phylum Cnidaria ...

Bay county officials continue to work on adding more artificial reefs to the Gulf. Bay County deployed phase two of their ...

This platform supports a variety of reef types and a profusion of corals unique in the Western Hemisphere. If the Mesoamerican Reef has any advantage over its massive Australian counterpart in the ...

The reef's sheer diversity is part of what makes it great. It hosts 5,000 types of mollusks, 1,800 species of fish, 125 kinds of sharks, and innumerable miniature organisms. But the most riveting ...

Chemical sunscreens floating on the surface of the ocean can block the sunlight coral reefs in Hawaii need to survive, says ...

Coral reefs face myriad stressors ... Unfortunately, relatively scant knowledge about the different cell types in their bodies has hindered that kind of research. To fill in those gaps, she and her ...

But genetic analyses identified more than 540,000 bacterial varieties living on the three types of organisms. That number alone — from a tiny fraction of Pacific reef fauna — accounts for up ...

in addition to mangroves and various types of birds. Visitors can enjoy the park in a number of ways. Water enthusiasts can admire colorful coral reef and the popular Christ of the Deep underwater ...