This is a fossilized coral — one of dozens scattered across the Indian Ocean archipelago of the Seychelles. It is a piece of history, hidden in plain sight. It tells of a time 125,000 years ago ...

Senior campaigner of Greenpeace Violette Snow told Yahoo the fishing method is "tearing up ancient coral gardens and scarring the seafloor in our big blue backyard, with devastating consequences ...

We used coral-bound nitrogen isotopes to analyse a ... Our findings show that, similar to modern species, some ancient corals have consistently lower nitrogen-isotope values than others that ...

The red coral colonies that were transplanted a decade ago on the seabed of the Medes Islands have survived successfully. They are very similar to the original communities and have contributed to the ...

But as it turns out, corals have as diverse a collection of TNF proteins as do humans, and TNF-induced apoptosis is involved in coral bleaching. “The dogma has been if there’s something not in a fly ...

At least 2,000 species of fish, 5,000 species of molluscs, and 700 species of coral live there. Also, an uncountable amount of crabs, urchins, worms and sea cucumbers have found their home in the ...

some extinct coral groups had a symbiotic association with photosynthetic microorganisms. This ‘photosymbiosis’ might have contributed to the high productivity of ancient reefs in low-nutrient ...

While trade and relationships continue across this region today, archaeologists working in partnership with First Nations communities have highlighted ancient two-way cultural movement and ...