FORT LAUDERDALE — South Florida researchers trying to prevent predatory fish from devouring laboratory-grown coral are grasping at biodegradable straws in an effort to restore what some call the ...
Not enough: Protecting algae-eating fish insufficient to save imperiled coral reefs, study concludes
Turbinaria algae coat the corals, foreground, at a north shore reef on the French Polynesian island of Mo'orea. Turbinaria is a genus of brown algae found primarily in tropical marine waters.
Small, hidden crabs may be the missing link influencing coral-eating starfish populations, according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. While we know crown-of ...
A major outbreak of coral-eating starfish has been found munching Australia's world heritage-listed Great Barrier Reef, scientists said on Friday, prompting the government to begin culling the spiky ...
Florida has two species of lobsters. The spotted lobster, on the left, isn’t a regular commercial or recreational target like the Caribbean spiny lobster on the right. But new studies by the Florida ...
Do fish bay at the moon? As NPR's Nurith Aizenman reports, the answer to that question may also point to a way to protect the ocean's damaged ecosystems. NURITH AIZENMAN, BYLINE: Aran Mooney is a ...
A "perfect storm" of conditions combining upwelling from the deep with run off from the land may be driving crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS) outbreaks on the Great Barrier Reef. In new research from ...
Marine Biologist Aran Mooney has proposed a possible solution to all of the ongoing issues with coral reefs: fish music. Working with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Falmouth, Massachusetts, ...
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