Researchers compared DNA from corals and their symbiotic organisms from two sites along the Pacific coast of Panama to better understand how the different members of the coral holobiont influence ...

The Living Architecture of Our Oceans " These incredible structures are built by tiny animals called polyps that secrete ...

Coral reefs, those vibrant underwater cities, stand on the precipice of collapse. While rising ocean temperatures and coral bleaching grab headlines, a new essay in Current Biology reveals a hidden ...

By Antha WilliamsLoren Legarda Climate change is pushing coral reefs to the brink. A new scientific report warns that the ...

Coral reefs may seem like paradise, but they are being degraded by a range of global and local factors, including climate ...

Oceans provide inestimable ecological services to our planet. They are the earth’s largest carbon sink, containing 12 times more carbon than land. Up until now, they have absorbed 93 percent of ...

Over the past twenty years, coral reef restoration has seen unprecedented growth worldwide. From Indonesia to the Caribbean, thousands of projects have been launched with the goal of "saving" coral ...

The underwater city builder’s ecology is designed around real coral growth, predator-prey relationships, and water conditions.

Victoria Glynn’s illustrations show the complex relationships between the coral animal, and the algae and bacteria that live with the coral. Taken together, this is called the coral holobiont. To ...