Many sea sponges, like anemones, use toxins to repel would ... (Scorpaenopsis oxycephala), closely resembles the reef's rocky, algae- and coral-encrusted bottom, where it lies in wait for ...

Our team found sea squirts dominated communities off Rakiura Stewart Island, anemone stands in the Wellington region, red ...

Coral reefs are sometimes dubbed “rainforests of the sea” because they support high levels of biodiversity — approximately 25% of all marine species can be found in, on and around coral reefs. Coral ...

The night is filled with silent chases and narrow escapes, turning the peaceful reef into a stage for survival. Coral polyps, which look like tiny sea anemones, extend their tentacles at night to ...

Scientists are alarmed by the ongoing crisis, with deteriorating conditions harming marine life in the tropics and beyond ...

Similar to a sea anemone, a polyp has a squidgy body ... Colonies of polyps and their limestone skeletons together form coral reefs. During the day, most polyps stay inside their protective skeleton, ...

The variety of life found on coral reefs attracts some of the ocean’s deadliest ... Clownfish live in symbiosis with sea anemones, which they protect aggressively, even from humans. The clownfish has ...

In the crevices of the corals, search for reef fish, butterflyfish, pufferfish, anemones ... up view of the sea life – though others found this a bit unnatural. To reach the Coral Gardens ...

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

In 1982, geologist Martin Hovland sat aboard a research ship owned by the Norwegian oil company Statoil (now Equinor) in the ...

Our team found sea squirts dominated communities off Rakiura Stewart Island, anemone stands in the Wellington region, red coral beds along the Fiordland coast and coral "reefs" in Northland.

Read about different competitive relationships on the reef. The bottlenose dolphin ... and will rip tentacles from sea anemones if given the chance. Having evolved resistance to the anemones ...