Reef "beauty salons" staffed by tiny cleaner fish aren t just for parasite removal they may also shape the microbial life of ...

There are fish in every shade imaginable, gliding gelatinous jellyfish, mesmerising plants ... often amongst coral reefs and mangroves. This crimson and electric blue seahorse is particularly ...

The idea is to lure back the tiny coral larvae needed to rebuild the reef. Mooney explains that these tiny jelly-fish like animals get released from healthy reefs and then float for a while in the ...

Bright green and yellow fronds wave in the ocean current as schools of neon-colored fish dart around purple knobs and blobs. Welcome to the coral reef! Coral reefs are amazing and important ...

The hard version of coral polyps produces limestone that is used to form layer after layer of a rigid coral skeleton. Groups ...

Scientists have uncovered that fish biofluorescence a captivating ability to glow in vivid colors has ancient roots stretching back over 100 million years. This trait evolved independently in reef ...

The research—led by Dr. Brett Lewis from the QUT School of Atmospheric and Earth Sciences and Reef Restoration ... drive the coral's forward movement in a manner similar to jellyfish swimming.

Cleaner fish shape coral reef health by affecting where and how microbes spread. Removing them changed fish behavior.

The reef areas where C ... corals may have more complex body functions, similar to jellyfish — the evolutionary cousin of coral — than scientists previously believed, according to Lewis.

the smallscale scorpionfish (Scorpaenopsis oxycephala), closely resembles the reef's rocky, algae- and coral-encrusted bottom, where it lies in wait for crustaceans and small fish, such as gobies.

The idea is to lure back the tiny coral larvae needed to rebuild the reef. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Mooney explains that these tiny jelly-fish like animals get released from healthy ...