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.

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.

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

Among the myriad creatures that populate our ocean, some stand out as having an outsized impact on the marine environment—shaping and maintaining habitats that themselves sustain countless other forms ...

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 ...

"We're building upon two decades of success in the Philippines." Louisiana entrepreneur looks to the Philippines for ...

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 ...