The introduction of exotic species can pose significant challenges in the sustainable management of coastal ecosystems, yet researchers have found that Pacific oysters introduced to the Port River in ...

The study—led by Brad Martin, a Flinders University Ph.D. candidate, with colleagues from Flinders' College of Science and ...

Books about writers’ dogs and cats are a literary staple. Now there’s a booming subset of memoirs about writers’ ...

In nature, interactions between species are often framed in terms of survival—those that hunt and those that are hunted. But ...

Scientists discovered that crabs eat young crown-of-thorns starfish, reducing their population before they damage coral reefs ...

Scientists from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and the National Center for Wildlife (NCW) report in PNAS NEXUS an unusual ecosystem below the third largest coral reef ...

Photo from Getty Images / iStockphoto Near an island in the South Pacific Ocean, a bright red sea creature with “canine-like” teeth swam around the coral reef. Maybe it was its vibrant coloring or its ...

Coral reefs are often referred to as the “rainforests of the sea” because of their incredible biodiversity. Comprising less than 1% of the ocean floor, these ecosystems support around 25% of all ...

Royalty-free licenses let you pay once to use copyrighted images and video clips in personal and commercial projects on an ongoing basis without requiring additional payments each time you use that ...

Since the 1940s, more than 4,300 planned public artificial reefs have been placed in state and federal waters off Florida’s coast. The FWC Artificial Reef Program provides financial and ...

restore degraded reefs through coral culture and by introducing animals that balance reef ecosystems, and regulating fisheries. He pointed to the scores of fishing vessels that dot the coasts of ...