scientists continue to work to understand the intricacies and nature of facilitative interactions in coral reef communities (e.g., Cheney & Cote 2005).

Coral reefs are very much the rainforests of the ... scleractinian corals explain their palaeotemperature uncertainties. Nature 283, 557-559 (1980).

In time, it helps to create one of nature’s most spectacular ecosystems: a coral reef. Orange, blue, and sparkling-silver fish dart around a seascape of vibrant greens, yellows, pinks ...

Resource managers only recently considered these important ecological connections, and empirical data about the nature of larval dispersal between coral reefs is scarce. Barber examined the larval ...

Beneath the shimmering blue surface of our oceans lies a world of color and life so breathtaking it almost feels otherworldly ...

By Elizabeth Fitt Coral restoration won’t save reefs from global warming, according to a recent study – at least, not the way ...

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

With positive human intervention increasingly important for the survival and restoration of coral reefs, a steady supply of healthy coral is essential. To overcome some of nature’s uncertainties ...

An unprecedented coral bleaching episode has spread to 84 percent of the world's reefs in an unfolding human-caused crisis that could kill off swathes of the essential ecosystems, scientists ...

Coral reef restoration is often presented as a marine conservation solution that provides ‘win-win’ outcomes. However, most studies on reef restoration have focused on the biological success, while ...

Coral reefs around the world are losing their color at an unprecedented scale as a result of rising sea temperatures, federal marine scientists announced this week.