For five years, the Coral City Camera has given viewers a live look at aquatic reef life near Miami. It's documented the declining conditions and shown a surprising vitality among some coral species.

sea urchins, brittlestars, and molluscs. The diversity of pelagic species is equally vast. In the waters above coral reefs, one can find nearly 25% of all marine fishes. Coral reefs, therefore ...

It is estimated that about 25% of all marine species ... reefs continue to build themselves up, the framework of the coral reef is filled with sediment and cemented with calcite and aragonite. If ...

Near an island in the South Pacific Ocean, a bright red sea creature ... in “shallow coral and rocky reef environments” at ...

Scientists have discovered two new deep-sea coral reefs located in the Galápagos ... "They exhibit a rich diversity of stony coral species, suggesting that they have likely been forming and ...

New research revealed the remarkable chemical diversity of substances exuded by coral reefs and demonstrated that thousands of different chemicals derived from tropical corals and seaweeds are ...

Relatives of the sea anemone and ... activities sustain entire reef ecosystems — as well as to obtain a proposed recovery plan in 2013. Protection under the Endangered Species Act opens the door to ...

Polyps grow slowly, forming different shapes and sizes depending on their species ... reefs. Coral reefs provide an important ecosystem for marine life, offering food and shelter among their crevices ...

Their reefs occupy less than one tenth of one per cent of the ocean floor, yet they are home to a quarter of all known marine species ... coral reefs thrive in the shallows of the Red Sea ...