While plants and some bacteria can make their ... jeopardizing the living coral that makes up reefs. Covered with long, venomous spikes, the crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci) is ...

All things are interrelated when it comes to conservation and ecology research, say BYUH professor and research assistants ...

The structure will provide a solid foundation to plant juvenile corals and for coral larvae to settle on. (Colleen Hansel, ©Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) The artificial reef will also ...

# A $1m investment in a pioneering Grand Bahama project’s tourism attractions will drive increased revenues to finance ...

Artificial light can wake sleeping fish and attract predators, changing nighttime coral reef communities, according to new ...

Coral reefs, often referred to as the “rainforests of the sea ... Photo by Meron Segev Corals may look like plants, but they are, in fact, animals — collections of numerous individual creatures called ...

The study shows that if the live coral cover of the Great Barrier Reef were to be reduced from 30% to 25%, the maximum sustainable yield of coral trout would drop by 8% and 19% for saddletail ...

John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park was developed in 1963 as the United States' first park under the sea. The state park is 25 miles long and 3 miles wide, and it is home to many aquatic plant ...