Life after death: From burned trees to bleached corals, how dead organisms live on as the building blocks of new life

People’s knee-jerk reaction to seeing death in nature is often not positive. The burn scar left by wildfire on a ...

'Fishial' recognition: Neural network deciphers coral reef sounds for species identification

Coral reefs are some of the world's most diverse ecosystems. Despite making up less than 1% of the world's oceans, one ...
University of Delaware

Finding heat-tolerant corals

As global warming causes temperatures to rise in oceans across the globe, it will be critical to discover novel ways to identify reef corals that are susceptible or tolerant to future heating for ...

Two decades of research show Indonesia’s coral reefs are heat‑tolerant — but only up to a point

While many Indonesian reefs have remained surprisingly stable despite decades of ocean warming, this resilience has its ...
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Researchers cataloged 28 possible new species, including snails, urchins and worms, living inside the world’s largest known Bathelia candida coral colony off Argentina

Scientists aboard the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s research vessel Falkor (too) have cataloged 28 possible new species of snails ...

Devastated coral reefs off a remote island are getting a second chance with surprising help: concrete

Concrete reef structures are not a cure-all for our overheating planet, but they can help jump-start recovery in damaged ...

Inside the Labs Racing to Save The World's Coral Reefs

Every coral counts.
Smithsonian Magazine

Too Many Coral Restorations Fail. Treating Them Like Experiments Could Help Them Succeed.

Scenarios like the one above are not uncommon for conservationists working to save corals. Almost one third of all coral ...

How India’s coral reef restoration efforts are paying off

The Mithapur Coral Reef Recovery Project has installed 2,310 artificial reefs, supported by 57 coral garden nurseries, where ...
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Hidden Coral World The Size of Vatican City Found Deep Beneath The Ocean

A glass squid filmed at 1,725 meters in the Colorado-Rawson submarine canyon. (ROV SuBastian/Schmidt Ocean Institute, CC ...

Wave to the Utica Zoo's newest exhibit: two coral reef habitats

The newcomers all live in two large, saltwater aquariums in the zoo's former auditorium building. The Greater Utica Chamber ...