While plants and some bacteria can make their ... jeopardizing the living coral that makes up reefs. Covered with long, venomous spikes, the crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci) is ...

A new Community-Based Coral Restoration Area (CBCRA), established in South Maui, is offering damaged corals a chance to ...

Within the structure of the coral reefs, members of almost every phyla of plants and animals live and die, adding particles and organic material to the sediment, and contributing to the efficient ...

Coral reefs are the most biodiverse habitats in the oceans, and like the trees of a rainforest, the coral structures provide the structure of the ecosystem, within which other plants and animals live.

DAR seeks public input on Oʻahu coral reef restoration, with potential sites at Waikīkī and South Shore. Community feedback ...

individual coral reefs, and every one of them is in a different condition. Narrator: It's also the world's largest living structure as well as a home to thousands of plant and animal species.

Small, hidden crabs may be the missing link influencing coral-eating starfish populations, according to a study published in ...

Without healthy coral reefs, the islands wouldn’t even exist ... corals are technically considered tiny animals since, unlike ...

The red coral colonies that were transplanted a decade ago on the seabed of the Medes Islands have survived successfully. They are very similar to the original communities and have contributed to the ...

Reporting in Proceedings Biological Sciences, researchers found that a species of branching coral benefitted from a reef-dwelling crab, especially when the coral was heat-stressed and wounded.