The findings provide a rare glimmer of hope amid a global coral crisis, as reefs worldwide collapse under rising ocean temperatures.

The researchers: "Mass mortality of sea urchins in the Mediterranean Sea has spread to the Gulf of Eilat and threatens to destroy the coral reef. Within just two days a healthy sea urchin becomes a ...

A deadly epidemic has killed all the black sea urchins in the Gulf of Eilat. A series of new, disturbing studies from Tel Aviv University reveal a deadly epidemic causing mass mortality of black sea ...

The 2024 marine heatwave in the Gulf of Eilat lasted 113 days, with sea surface temperatures reaching 32.6C -- 3.4C above average -- generating 30 Degree Heating Weeks (DHWs), the highest thermal ...

EILAT, Israel (AP) — The Red Sea reefs off the Israeli resort of Eilat host some of the greatest coral diversity on the planet. A symphony in splendid technicolor, the reefs are among the world's most ...

Fish feeding on a dying D. setosum urchin in the Mediterranean Sea. Credit: Tel Aviv University A series of new, disturbing studies from Tel Aviv University reveals a deadly epidemic causing mass ...

EILAT, Israel, February 20, 2024 – Divers are essentially tourists who love coral reefs and invest a lot of time and effort to watch them. Unfortunately, divers also cause damage to corals, often ...

A female cuttlefish gluing her eggs to a coral off Eilat's northern coast. Omri Omassi, an Inspector in the Marine Unit of the Nature and Parks Authority in Eilat, has succeeded in documenting a ...

Israel and the U.A.E are moving to extend oil operations using Israel’s “land bridge,” an alternative to the Suez Canal, following the signing of the Abraham Accords peace treaty. Tanker traffic is ...