Safely tucked in coral crevices or half-buried in sand and ... reef herons fish along the cay and reef flat. They have evolved to hunt during low tide, allowing them to wade the shallows.

CORAL REEF From the deck of a skiff on the surface, the reef makes a lovely but minimalist seascape: the white line of surf breaking along the reef front, the turquoise of the reef flat ...

On the Great Barrier Reef, bleaching is underway in the northernmost section. This is the sixth bleaching event on the Great ...

Coral reefs are facing well-documented threats ... reef patches and between different reef zones such as lagoons and reef flats," Dr. Grimaldi said. "That bolsters the reef's resilience by helping ...

Coral curator Christina Jayne discusses how coral pyramids will be outplanted at two sites as a restoration and enhancement ...

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 ...

Coral groups outplant coral to help rebuild reef coverage by taking small bits ... only produce small scale interventions that fall flat, and may even be counterproductive.

Nearly a quarter of all ocean species rely on the reefs. William… Coral reefs across the globe once again endure mass bleaching amid warming oceans, scientists say Coral reef bleaching across ...

In the Maldives, on the biggest tides, one particular coral lagoon becomes so flooded with plankton that it attracts hundreds of manta rays. On the sheltered side of the reef there are sand flats ...