These protected areas bring an incredible amount of biodiversity right into the bustling metropolis–including coral reefs.

By looking at the microbial communities that live on corals, our research uncovered a crucial role that fishes play in protecting coral reefs. We also discovered that these fishes together with clean ...

Tropical coral reefs encrust the coastlines of islands and continents near Earth’s equator but this zone, which has offered sufficient light and warmth for corals to evolve over hundreds of millions ...

Here’s a little good news for the day: certain areas of the Great Barrier Reef have the highest amount of coral coverage seen in the reef in the last 36 years. The effects of climate changes have been ...