One such predator, the smallscale scorpionfish (Scorpaenopsis oxycephala), closely resembles the reef's rocky, algae- and coral-encrusted bottom, where it lies in wait for crustaceans and small ...

The Great Barrier Reef is full of surprises—even for the scientists who study it every day. Recently, some unlikely potential ...

Harmful bleaching of the world’s coral has grown to include 84% of the ocean’s reefs in the most intense event of its kind in ...

Blowfish consume crustaceans. The millions of tiny polyps that compose the coral ensnare and devour tiny organisms. At John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park in Key Largo, the first undersea ...

The world's coral reefs are in the midst of the fourth and largest global bleaching event in recorded history, NOAA announced ...

has found that green staghorn coral around Heron Island (part of the Great Barrier Reef) are more likely to survive warming ...

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THE El Nino phenomenon, which causes unusual warming of surface waters, is directly impacting coral reefs at the Mersing islands in Johor. Surveys of reefs done last month at Pulau Aur and Pulau ...

Bleached coral dies when exposed to heat stress for too long, threatening the bountiful marine ecosystem that depends on it ...