A rare underwater moment was captured near Roca Partida, in the Pacific Ocean, where whitetip reef sharks were seen resting closely together on underwater ledges. Michael Aery, a 60-year-old retired ...
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In 2009, a giant whale carcass was found on the Pacific seabed – and scientists watched what happened to it over 15 years
Even in death, whales have a large, looming presence in the ocean ecosystem. After a lifetime of hoovering up marine life, ...
The offspring of a common coral branching species set up a new home up to 100 kilometers or more from their parents in one of ...
Reef sharks, particularly the blacktip species (Carcharhinus melanopterus), play an indispensable role in maintaining the delicate balance of coral reef ecosystems. As predators, they control ...
In a devastated section of the Coral Triangle in the Pacific Ocean, a conservation group is trying to build an artificial ...
For decades, we have thought of coral reefs as the “rainforests of the sea:” vibrant, complex ecosystems full of fish, sponges, and coral. However, our recent findings suggest we’ve been overlooking a ...
Researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have developed a new method to predict coral bleaching five to six months before it occurs, giving reef managers valuable time to protect ...
The Indo-Pacific Coral Reef is one of only two “living” exhibits at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. It features a wide variety of marine species representing the diverse and ...
Dreading the return of “the Big Dark”? Great news: The Seattle Aquarium has you covered with the opening of its Ocean Pavilion expansion. It’s dedicated to the tropical reef ecosystems of the Coral ...
Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry (MPIC) recently published a paper detailing their observations of a major coral bleaching and mortality event that occurred on the deep reefs of ...
What if the most powerful piece of climate infrastructure in the Pacific is not a seawall, a solar panel, or an early warning system, but a coral reef? For Pacific Island Countries, where coastal ...
A new study from Adelaide University has found that when ocean acidification makes reef habitat less complex, the fish living there gather in smaller shoals that offer less social protection.
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