coral reef Archives

Smell of the Sea Homes In On Stressed Coral

Can Coral Reefs Delay the Damaging Effects of Ocean Acidification?

Coral reefs may be able to adapt to moderate climate change

Protecting world’s poor from climate change

Coral reefs near the island nation of Kiribati may be somewhat protected from global warming.

Where can coral reefs relocate to escape the heat?

Kenya’s fisheries management promotes species that grow larger and live longer

Marine conservationists from the Wildlife Conservation Society working in Kenya have found that better fisheries management that includes restricting fishing gear is producing more predatory and longer-lived species and is improving fishing even…

Lobsters navigate with magnetic positioning system, study shows

Spiny lobsters possess a remarkable navigational sense based on an ability to read small variations in the Earth’s magnetic field, experiments conducted by North Carolina scientists show. The new work is the first to demonstrate that at least some invertebrate animals, which many people consider primitive underachievers biologically, possess navigational skills rivaling those of sea turtles and homing pigeons.