Listening to a coral reef is like listening to an orchestra ... but Dr Scott Bachman (also at NCAR) is applying high resolution modelling to identify where they create ‘thermal refugia ...

Coral reef ecosystems are generally high in biodiversity, most often found in shallow tropical seas, and are threatened by factors including ocean acidification, global warming and sea level rise.

With too few tritons on the reef, crown-of-thorns starfish populations can explode, jeopardizing the living coral that makes up reefs. Covered with long, venomous spikes, the crown-of-thorns ...

“They clearly form a significant inter-reef habitat which covers an area greater than the adjacent coral reefs.” Bioherms are formed by the calcium carbonate remains of a common green algae that has a ...

8% (235 species) of the coral reef fishes in the Coral Triangle are endemic or locally restricted species. Within the Coral Triangle, four areas have particularly high levels of endemism (Lesser Sunda ...

Coral reefs are some of the world's most diverse ecosystems. Despite making up less than 1% of the world's oceans, one quarter of all marine species spend some portion of their life on a reef.

What is the staghorn coral? Like its name suggests, staghorn coral is a species of coral that looks a bit like the antlers of a male deer. Capable of growing into thickets up to five feet high and ...

In this context, it is easy to see why protecting algae-eating fish has become a cornerstone of coral reef conservation. This paradigm assumes that restoring populations of "grazing" species by ...

A new study has found that nearly half the coral trout caught on the Great Barrier Reef come from marine reserves—where protected fish grow larger and produce far more offspring. The research ...

Researchers looked at decades of coral reef studies and found a previously unsuspected link between fishing of sharks, the behaviors of smaller fish and outbreaks of crown-of-thorns starfish.