Scientists have developed a novel tool designed to protect and conserve coral reefs by providing them with an abundance of feeding opportunities. The device, dubbed the Underwater Zooplankton ...

By leveraging the natural phototactic behavior of zooplankton, UZELA increases local zooplankton concentrations, thereby enhancing coral feeding opportunities. This device operates on a single ...

Over the past several decades, many studies have spotlighted the role of “grazers” – fish who feed on algae – in keeping coral reefs clean and healthy. Protecting parrotfish, a family of ...

More specifically, when star fish feed on coral, they cause open wounds that lead to infections, and oftentimes death. The researchers knew that hoof-clawed crabs lived in the vicinity of green ...

Cryopreservation technology preserves genetic coral diversity over decades and even centuries at Mote's Sarasota facility.

Corals are remarkable animals, capable of creating vast structures. Watch the video to enter their extraordinary world. Witness them feeding, admire their forms and colours, and find out about their ...

Lab studies suggested that crabs avoided living coral tissue, instead feeding in areas of recent tissue loss. Out on the reef, the team observed that wounded corals lost patches of algae faster ...