Using an innovative new approach to sampling corals, researchers at the University of Hawai‘i (UH) at Mānoa are now able to create maps of coral biochemistry that reveal with unprecedented detail the ...

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Reef-building coral may feed more efficiently by using tiny hair-like structures to generate food-carrying conveyer belts in the water running across their surface. Corals that form reefs consist of ...

“What we saw happen was an extreme heat wave where conditions surpassed the thresholds of survival of a whole, entire species ...

Coral reefs are found mostly in warm, shallow waters (less than 30 meters (90 feet)) because they contain algae that need light to live. The algae help keep animals called polyps alive by providing ...

Anne Staples. Photo courtesy Virginia Tech. Nearly 75 percent of the world’s coral reefs are under threat from rising ocean temperatures and local human activity, said Anne Staples, an associate ...

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The next time you find yourself luxuriating in some exotic, Instagrammable vacation spot, thank a parrotfish. That white sand slithering between your toes? It consists mostly of their excrement. The ...

A coral reef is kind of like Manhattan, a huge number of mouths to feed in a packed parcel of real estate. A reef doesn't have upstate farms to... May 27, 2021 — A coral reef is kind of like Manhattan ...