“Reefs are not just piles of skeletons or shells,” said Juan Esquivel-Muelbert, the study’s lead author from Macquarie ...

Each day, coral reefs quietly reshape the microscopic world drifting just above them. As daylight fades and returns, the smallest ocean organisms - bacteria, algae, and single-celled predators - ...

Dr. Herdís Steinsdóttir deploying an instrument near the reef in Eilat to record water currents, allowing her to keep track of the direction of sea currents. A new study shows that coral reefs don’t ...

Discover how crown-of-thorns starfish detect predators using chemical cues, and why the giant triton’s scent triggers a ...