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.

Heteropsammia michelinii, a free-living and free-moving scleractinian coral found in the Australian Great Barrier Reef, has a symbiotic ... the muddy surface of the sand.

This coral species, known as acropora hemprichii, grows in the shallow reefs of the Maldives in tapered branches which ...

Safely tucked in coral crevices or half-buried in sand and rubble, gobies (Gobiidae family) maintain a low profile on the reef to avoid predation. In addition, they have evolved independently ...

The Bahamas Reef Environment Educational Foundation (BREEF), in partnership with the Perry Institute for Marine Science (PIMS ...

The only way these women can catch fish to feed their families is to walk all over the coral reef. CHILD: I thought it was just like sand and rock underneath. There’s loads of broken like bits ...

Palau, a nation of islands in the western Pacific, offers white sand beaches, clear blue water and some of the healthiest coral reefs on the planet Touring it aboard the Four Seasons Explorer ...

Understandably, the attractiveness of island nations has made them a haven for tourism. Revenues from tourism often exceeds ...

Record ocean heat has taken a devastating toll on one of the world’s greatest natural wonders, with coral bleaching on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef reaching “catastrophic” levels ...