Damaged coral reefs show slower than expected recovery for up to six years before switching to a faster phase of regrowth, according to new research. This "two-phase" recovery pattern was observed in ...

In coral reefs throughout the world, visually striking bands of bare sand surrounding reefs are often visible in satellite imagery but their cause remains a mystery. One theory is fear. Parrotfish and ...

The Nature Conservancy and its partners across the Hawai'i Emergency Reef Restoration (HERR) Network are working to restore ...

Scientists said the lacklustre reproduction could be an effect of the 2024 marine heatwave – which caused over 40 per cent of ...

Some coral reef ecosystems have a far greater chance of surviving the effects of climate change than previously understood, ...

This video shows a remote tropical island in Sabah, Malaysia, surrounded by bright turquoise shallow reefs and deep blue sea.

Just a few nights under the glow of coastal lights is enough to send reef fish into a spiral of sleeplessness and aggression, ...

A new study links grazing halo patterns in coral reefs, as well as those in other patchy habitats, to the spatial patterns of the shelter habitat itself. The researchers found that grazing halos are ...

Combining an innovative approach developed for medical sciences mathematicians and marine ecologists have identified new coral recovery patterns in the Great Barrier Reef, providing critical ...

Grazing halos at Heron Island, Australia, are distinct where coral are clustered (outlined with a white box) but merge where coral are dispersed (outlined with a black box). In coral reefs throughout ...

Damaged coral reefs show slower than expected recovery for up to six years before switching to a faster phase of regrowth, according to new research. This ‘two-phase’ recovery pattern was observed in ...