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These protected areas bring an incredible amount of biodiversity right into the bustling metropolis–including coral reefs.

When rats invade tropical islands, they can trigger a chain reaction that reverberates all the way to coral reefs, researchers say.

Researchers have found a way of rescuing damaged coral reefs — by transplanting organisms from a healthy neighbor. The team, based at Bar-Ilan University, central Israel, say a Coral Reef Ecosystem ...

Groundwater input to coral reefs directly affects water chemistry and triggers a cascade of changes in the coastal ecosystem, according to a new study led by University of Hawaiʻi (UH) at Mānoa ...

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The Burgers' Zoo in the Netherlands recently welcomed a pair of self-bred corals from the World Coral Conservatory project into Europe's largest coral reef.

Many people here in South Florida may not know the importance of coral reefs and what they mean not only to our ecosystem, marine life, buildings, and our wallets.

Coral reef ecosystems host a diverse array of life—they’re home to more than a million animal species, including sponges, oysters, crabs and many types of fish, according to the Environmental ...

While scientists studied a coral reef ecosystem in the South Pacific, rising temperatures led them to believe it was doomed. Then, something miraculous happened.

The researchers think the change in the damselfish's behavior is likely to have further knock-on effects on their coral reef ecosystems, which have not yet been properly studied.

Sea urchins graze on and clean a type of algae that competes with coral, and their decimation is a big reason for the decline of the coral reef ecosystem in the Caribbean.