Unique creatures, odd animals and new species are discovered across the planet. Some are found lurking in remote corners of ...

Despite its promise, the integration of AI in coral reef conservation faces several challenges. Data availability and quality ...

A new invasive species threatens Kāneʻohe Bay's fragile coral ecosystem, sending state officials scrambling for a solution.

Australian researchers are designing a global real-time monitoring system to help save the world's coral reefs from further ...

Time-lapse video shows how a mushroom coral polyp pulses and inflates, flinging its soft body into micro-hops to slowly move itself to a new location.

Researchers in Australia have developed an artificial intelligence (AI)-based system to monitor the condition of the Great ...

Infected sea urchin on Reunion Island. Photo credit: Jean-Pascal Quod.

By day, Ivan Francis is a mechanical engineer working at a $3 billion technology company headquartered in Raleigh. But his ...

Coral reef research has focused on the twin evils ... such as those replicated in aquariums around the world. When we studied the corals that survived deoxygenation, we discovered that hypoxic ...

The mushroom corals tended to move toward the blue light. Science explains that since blue light wavelengths penetrate deeper into water compared to other colors, the corals may have evolved to ...

In September 2024, 300 coral reefs were temporarily housed at the Texas State Aquariums' Center for Wildlife Rescue after traveling hundreds of miles from Florida.

Corals come in a wide array of shapes, sizes and colors, and they build sprawling reefs that serve as refuges ... Using time-lapse cameras and an aquarium that blocked out all other light, Dr ...