Coral reefs are often described as biodiversity hotspots, but new research shows they also act as powerful regulators of the ...

Coral reefs shape the daily rise and fall of nearby microbes, organizing them into rhythms that influence how reef ecosystems ...

Like in humans, microbe levels can indicate health of ecosystem, say scientists from Hebrew University of Jerusalem and ...

A new study shows that coral reefs don't just provide a home for ocean life, they also help set the daily "schedule" for tiny microbes living in the ...

Hard substratum surface area of framework cavities constitutes a major habitat in coral reefs. We studied the community composition and distribution of cryptic sessile macro-organisms in framework ...

Explore why coral reefs are collapsing worldwide, the science behind the crisis, and the innovative solutions that may help ...

Stumbling upon a new source of underwater caffeine was just an added bonus of a new study examining the impact of chemical compounds that corals release into the seawater. The study found that the ...

Huaguang Reef, one of the expansive atolls in the Xisha Islands, is completely mature, stretching 31 kilometers from east to west and 12 kilometers from north to south. Positioned as a concealed reef ...

Almost one decade of recorded data retrieved from deep coral reef dives reveals some of the first evidence of that climate ...

Woods Hole, Mass. — Stumbling upon a new source of underwater caffeine was just an added bonus of a new study examining the impact of chemical compounds that corals release into the seawater. The ...