A study led by the University of Bremen suggests that on algae-dominated coral reefs, it is not the algae but the corals ...

On the Great Barrier Reef, bleaching is underway in the northernmost section. This is the sixth bleaching event on the Great ...

A number of factors—from water pollution to disease—can irritate corals, causing them to expel the colored algae known as zooxanthellae that they live with symbiotically. Warm water ...

scientists say Coral reef bleaching across happens when stressed coral expel the algae that are their food source and give them their color. If the bleaching is severe and long-lasting ...

are large herbivores that graze on the algae growing atop hard corals. Using their beaks and two pairs of crushing jaws, parrotfish are marvelously adapted for crunching and pulverizing chunks of ...

Researchers and tourism operators are alarmed as a survey of the WA coast after an intense marine heatwave reveals ...

Lake Okeechobee gates are open again on the Caloosahatchee River side as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced Friday that discharges to the west coast will increase starting Saturday.

Corals can become stressed by changes in ocean temperature, and their reaction is to expel the algae that lives within them. The algae gives a reef its colour, and when it’s gone, just the white ...

Bleaching occurs when warm waters trigger a biological response, forcing coral to expel the colourful algae embedded in their ...