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.

Nauru, a tiny island in the Pacific Ocean, was once the wealthiest country in the world in terms of GDP per capita, with its ...

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

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, a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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