50 Items Tagged

Coral Reefs

Before Dave Gulko and his group, there were few options for securing prosecutions for crimes against coral reefs.

Inside the Strange World of Coral Reef Crime Scenes

How scientists and law enforcement officers pioneered a new brand of underwater justice.

Christie Wilcox May 11, 2020

Welcome to a thoroughly 21st-century ark.

The Coral Ark That Hopes to Save Florida’s Ailing Reefs

As a mysterious disease sweeps across the region, dry land might be the last best hope for survival.

Sabrina Imbler February 12, 2020

A mated pair of seahorses researchers have named Dusk and Dawn.

A Chain of Seahorse Hotels Is Coming Soon to Sydney Harbour

"If you build it, they will come."

Sabrina Imbler December 13, 2019

Denise's pygmy seahorse, perched in a gorgonian.

Taiwan’s Pygmy Seahorses Have a Robust Social Media Presence

Scientists used it to conduct a survey of them in the country's dive hotspots.

Sabrina Imbler November 14, 2019

Hapless prey would never know what hit them.

It’s Not So Easy to Rename a Species With a Problematic Moniker

One scientist argues that we should reconsider the Bobbit worm.

Sabrina Imbler May 31, 2019

Each bumphead parrotfish has a huge appetite, and produces several tons of poop (and sand) a year.

Why Scientists Snorkled Behind Bumphead Parrotfish in Pursuit of Their Poop

To learn whether these giant, goofy fish are good or bad for beleaguered coral reefs.

Jessica Leigh Hester May 30, 2019

Pemuteran, Indonesia

Pemuteran Biorock

A unique project to help restore coral reefs in Bali.

Delicate branching corals in the lagoon at Dravuni Island, Fiji.

Seabird Poop Can Be Good for Coral Reefs

The eternal, ecological, excremental connection between sea, land, and sky.

Evan Nicole Brown March 26, 2019

Baa Atoll Biosphere Reserve.

Eydhafushi, Maldives

Baa Atoll Biosphere Reserve

The world's seventh-largest coral reef contains an incredible amount of biodiversity.

The Art Reef before it was sunk.

British Virgin Islands

Kodiak Queen

Divers can encounter an abandoned warship encircled by a giant kraken submerged in the British Virgin Islands.

Submerged plastic can sicken coral.

The Staggering Scope of the Plastic Threat to Coral Reefs

Garbage floating in the ocean is likely to be swarming with bacteria, which can make corals sick.

Jessica Leigh Hester January 25, 2018

The red handfish uses its fins to walk across coral reefs.

Found: A New Population of One of the World's Rarest Fish

Citizen science helps double the known population of red handfish.

Vittoria Traverso January 24, 2018

A crown-of-thorns starfish feeds on some coral.

Saving the Great Barrier Reef Means Saying Goodbye to a Lot of Starfish

The crown-of-thorns starfish preys upon coral, munching on its stony polyps.

Natasha Frost January 22, 2018

The blue hole.

Found: A Vivid Blue Hole in the Great Barrier Reef

Look what Google Maps can reveal.

Sarah Laskow September 27, 2017

Parrotfish like this one may be the farmers of the sea.

Parrotfish Have Been Caught 'Farming' Coral Reefs

First, they poop out white sand beaches, now this ...

Eric Grundhauser September 15, 2017

George Gauld's 1774 chart of the Keys (left), and a modern-day coral habitat map (right).

The Coral Reef Loss Data Hidden in Old Navigational Charts

In the Florida Keys, researchers have found an important new way to estimate what's been lost.

Cara Giaimo September 6, 2017

Coral Chasm in Niue

Niue

A tiny, remote island packed with wonders both natural and geeky.

Glowing corals in the Red Sea.

In the Deep, Corals Glow Red to Help Out Their Photosynthetic Tenants

And in the lab, they're helping cancer researchers, too.

Kelsey Kennedy July 6, 2017