After several reports revealed the conditions of the Jungle Reef in West El Paso, the aquarium said the incidents have been "exaggerated" and that while animal deaths are unfortunate, these things ...

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In response, reef species have evolved a fantastic array of survival strategies to avoid being eaten. Some animals work together to ward off or evade predators, while others use camouflage, colourful ...

Researchers have found crabs are key predators of juvenile crown-of-thorns starfish and could be a hidden link to what ...

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 ...

Scientists from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and the National Center for Wildlife (NCW) report in PNAS NEXUS an unusual ecosystem below the third largest coral reef ...

Despite their distinction as one of Earth's oldest lifeforms and the key role they play in sustaining coral reef ecosystems, marine sponges are vastly understudied. In a succession of breakthrough ...

restore degraded reefs through coral culture and by introducing animals that balance reef ecosystems, and regulating fisheries. He pointed to the scores of fishing vessels that dot the coasts of ...

The sound is so loud, the snapping shrimp competes with much larger creatures, such as the blue whale, to be the loudest animal in the ocean. Reef sounds are beneficial to some marine animals, which ...

The Mesoamerican Reef (MAR), from the northern tip of the Isla Contoy in ... enable rapid sizing and sexing of animals, and allow for participation of fishers and local students who generally do not ...

Researchers have found that reef fish from the Arabian Gulf, the world's hottest sea, exhibit a higher tolerance to temperature fluctuations compared to those from more thermally stable coral reefs.

“Climate change poses an imminent threat to the world’s shallow-water coral reefs,” Julia Baum, a biologist at the University of Victoria who was not involved in this study, tells The Atlantic. “As ...