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 ...

are large herbivores that graze on the algae growing atop hard corals. Using their beaks and two pairs of crushing jaws, parrotfish are marvelously adapted for crunching and pulverizing chunks of ...

Coral reefs in the Gulf of Eilat paused growth for 3,000 years due to sea-level changes but later recovered. Scientists warn ...

What coral researchers could really use is a computer model that simulates how polyps grow into complex structures from simple physical rules. Such a tool could help them understand how reef ...

The production of second-generation smooth flower corals at Mote International Coral Gene Bank hailed as a hallmark achievement ...

While many of these corals are still spawning in the wild — the part where they release sperm and eggs — something is preventing that spawn from eventually growing into polyps, or babies ...

while others had coral “plugs” that are commonly used to grow coral. All of the foreign species that were found are commonly used in saltwater aquariums – leading the experts to believe that ...

The coral conservationist on morning rituals, free-diving with sharks and his mission to save the globe’s oceans.

Research indicates that delicate deepwater corals tolerated or adapted to major climate and salinity fluxes, “yet today, it’s ...

Cryopreservation technology preserves genetic coral diversity over decades and even centuries at Mote's Sarasota facility.