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 ...

Notably, many of these soft coral species are newly recorded ... for a rich variety of marine life. These reefs are the foundation of intricate food webs, offering feeding grounds and refuge ...

Through urine, feces, placentas, carcasses, and sloughing skin, whales bring thousands of tons of nitrogen and other nutrients from high-latitude areas like Alaska and Antarctica to low-nutrient ...

Among the myriad creatures that populate our ocean, some stand out as having an outsized impact on the marine environment—shaping and maintaining habitats that themselves sustain countless other forms ...

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

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

New research has shown that whales ferry substantial quantities of nutrients for thousands of miles in their urine and other ...

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill of 2010 caused extensive environmental and economic damage, emphasizing the need for better prevention and response strategies.

Whales transport vital nutrients from urine, placentas, carcasses and sloughing skin across oceans that help to keep marine ...

Such an event was documented in Eilat in the summer of 2017, when sea temperatures increased by more than 4°C in just two and a half days, resulting in extensive mortality of coral reef fish.