Coral reef research has focused on the twin evils birthed by record-high greenhouse gas emissions: warming oceans and ...

The vast ocean depths are full of surprises, and in 2024 marine scientists stumbled across a giant coral reef that had ...

Researchers from University of Queensland have discovered that corals need to be within 10 meters of each other to reproduce ...

From the tiny basement of the Horniman Museum, Dr Jamie Craggs’ innovative new technique aims to protect these ecosystems ...

Scientists were stunned when they discovered that a shipwreck shadow they thought they had spotted under their boat last ...

Other than encounters with colourful coral reefs while snorkelling in places like the Red Sea in Egypt, you may wonder what ...

Sea Whip Soft Coral. These fascinating marine organisms are washing up in large clumps, a discovery I made during ...

But this one? Well, it’s BIG, and it’s definitely stealing the show. This isn’t just a giant clump of seaweed or coral. It’s a single organism made up of millions of tiny creatures called polyps. All ...

Unlike coral reefs, which comprise numerous genotypically different colonies, this organism is a single organism made by millions of tiny working polyps. Its magnificent size and long life illustrate ...

Coral reefs nurture about a quarter of all marine life ... Scientists have long understood this as a general principle. Individually, corals are small polyps, but together they form wall-like ...