and the return of vital species in the coral reef food web, such as sharks and turtles. “I predict 70-80 percent coral cover in five years,” Smith declares. At the heart of the program is the ...

Food webs are ecological networks of consumption ... allowing the species to form outbreaks on coral reefs.

While plants and some bacteria can make their own food ... too few tritons on the reef, crown-of-thorns starfish populations can explode, jeopardizing the living coral that makes up reefs.

Loss of Biodiversity Climate change is a formidable force that threatens the rich tapestry of life on Earth, known as ...

Crab behavior suggestive of wound-tending may improve coral tolerance to heat waves. For certain vulnerable corals, help is in the claws of a crab. Reporting in Proceedings Biological Sciences ...

Although they occupy less than 0.1% of the ocean floor, coral reefs are home to a quarter of all marine life - that’s more species than rainforests. Animals use reefs for shelter, food and laying eggs ...