The animals prefer water depths between 15 and ... In large numbers, crown-of-thorns starfish can mow down wide swaths of coral reef. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN ...

The Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance is safeguarding Florida coral as researchers search for a cure for stony coral tissue ...

Coral reefs consist of hundreds of thousands of coral polyps - marine animal invertebrates with hard calcium carbonate ...

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 ...

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 ...

Coral reef research has focused on the twin evils birthed by record-high greenhouse gas emissions: warming oceans and ...

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 ...

without reefs, you're not going to have beaches that are good for snorkeling or good for tourism," Newell said. Corals are misunderstood animals, Newell says. She wants people to get to know them ...