In fact, all our favorite marine animals – sharks and dolphins, turtles and rays, and all those pretty colored fish in our reefs – are either surface or upper sea level dwelling animals. And so, when ...

The ocean is a wondrous place ... One more reason to keep your hands and feet off reefs. Although only one person has been known to be killed by a leopard seal, there have been several other ...

Capable of growing into thickets up to five feet high and more than 30 feet across, staghorn corals produce long, cylindrical branches out of bases anchored to the ocean floor. Staghorn corals can ...

Animals respond differently to ocean acidification, and it’s difficult to predict ... For example, corals are vulnerable to acidification, yet they are essential to coral reef habitats that support a ...

A partnership to safeguard globally significant coral reefs. © Paul Mckenzie / WWF-HK Coral reefs cover less than 0.1% of our ocean, but they are home to 25% of its ...

We're already seeing the effects as coral reefs collapse, oyster beds disappear and tiny creatures that are important food sources get smaller and weaker. Shell-forming animals like corals, crabs, ...

to be the loudest animal in the ocean. Reef sounds are beneficial to some marine animals, which use them to locate reefs – a source of food and shelter. For researchers, recent studies suggest that ...

Coral reefs are some of the world's most diverse ... and it could change the way ocean monitoring and research is conducted. "Now that we no longer need to have a human in the loop, what other ...

Although they occupy less than 0.1% of the ocean floor, coral reefs are home to a quarter of all marine life - that’s more species than rainforests. Animals use reefs for shelter, food and laying eggs ...