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Hope for Galapagos Wildlife Threatened by Marine Invaders
March 26, 2013 — Increasing tourism and the spread of marine invasive non-native species is threatening the unique plant and marine life around the Galapagos ... > full story -
Fluorescent Light Revealed as Gauge of Coral Health: Mysterious Glow of Light Found to Correlate With Coral Stress Prior to Bleaching
March 12, 2013 — Coral reef decline in recent years due to a variety of threats -- from pollution to climate warming -- has lent urgency to the search for new ways to evaluate their health. A new study has revealed ... > full story -
New Marine Species Discovered in Pacific Ocean
February 28, 2013 — An international expedition in Papua New Guinea has found a new species of sea slugs, feather stars and amphipods, a shrimp-like ... > full story -
New Maps Depict Potential Worldwide Coral Bleaching by 2056
February 25, 2013 — New maps by scientists show how rising sea temperatures are likely to affect all coral reefs in the form of annual coral bleaching events under different emission scenarios. If carbon emissions stay ... > full story -
Conserving Corals by Understanding Their Genes
February 21, 2013 — In reef-building corals variations within genes involved in immunity and response to stress correlate to water temperature and clarity, finds a new study. This information could be used to conserve ... > full story -
Picky Eater Fish Clean Up Seaweeds from Coral Reefs
February 12, 2013 — Using underwater video cameras to record fish feeding on South Pacific coral reefs, scientists have found that herbivorous fish can be picky eaters – a trait that could spell trouble for ... > full story -
How New Corals Species Form in the Ocean
February 6, 2013 — Biological sciences professors have investigated how corals specialize to particular environments in the ocean. They propose that the large dispersal potential of coral larvae in open water and the ... > full story -
Tortugas Marine Reserve Yields More, Larger Fish
February 4, 2013 — Both fish populations and commercial and recreational anglers have benefited from "no-take" protections in the Tortugas Ecological Reserve in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, a new report ... > full story -
Coral-Killing Starfish Decimate Entire Coral Reefs, Reason for Spread Unclear
February 1, 2013 — Acanthaster planci is the principle natural enemy of reef-building corals. Outbreaks of this coral-feeding starfish occur periodically, due to reasons that remain unclear. It decimates entire reefs ... > full story -
How Do Corals Survive in the Hottest Reefs on the Planet?
February 1, 2013 — Coral reefs are predicted to decline under the pressure of global warming. However, a number of coral species can survive at seawater temperatures even higher than predicted for the tropics during ... > full story
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