New research has revealed alarming coral mortality rates of 92% after last year's bleaching event at Lizard Island on ...

We shared some of the first high-resolution videos of New Zealand’s mesophotic ecosystems in 2022. Back then, we thought these deep-reef communities were dominated by sponges.

Apr. 13, 2022 — Sponges in coral reefs, less flashy than their coral neighbors but important to the overall health of reefs, are among the earliest animals on the planet. New research examines ...

Groundwater input to coral reefs directly affects water chemistry and triggers a cascade of changes in the coastal ecosystem, ...

BREAKING: It’s been revealed that a New Zealand bottom trawling vessel has pulled up six tonnes of protected stony coral in a single trawl - making it the worst reported case of coral destruction in ...

Coral reefs are a crucial part of the marine ecosystem, providing habitats for all sorts of marine life and protecting coastlines from storm damage. But scientists say rising ocean temperatures ...

Experiments for this study were conducted on the Hawaiian stony coral species Montipora capitata.Credit: Chris Wall. The research, published today in Trends in Biotechnology, was conducted with ...

“Bikar and Bokak’s coral reefs are a time machine, like diving in the ocean of 1,000 years ago,” says Enric Sala, ... really quickly,” Jenkinson tells Radio New Zealand. “[Coral reefs] ...

Coral larvae settling on substrate coated with SNAP-X. Image from Coral Reef Ecophysiology and Engineering Lab.. Scientists have long known that certain types of crusty algae, known as crustose ...