Using an innovative new approach to sampling corals, researchers at the University of Hawai‘i (UH) at Mānoa are now able to create maps of coral biochemistry that reveal with unprecedented detail the ...

Reef-building coral may feed more efficiently by using tiny hair-like structures to generate food-carrying conveyer belts in the water running across their surface. Corals that form reefs consist of ...

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Beautiful coral reefs underneath,deep sea or oceans are basic attractions for sea explorers who love to find unique and ...

One biologist in particular, Mary Hagedorn, has met this challenge with an innovative strategy, one that could preserve various coral species in the lab even if they've shut down in situ. Hagedorn's ...

Coral reefs are found mostly in warm, shallow waters (less than 30 meters (90 feet)) because they contain algae that need light to live. The algae help keep animals called polyps alive by providing ...

Anne Staples. Photo courtesy Virginia Tech. Nearly 75 percent of the world’s coral reefs are under threat from rising ocean temperatures and local human activity, said Anne Staples, an associate ...