Two research teams have discovered independently that soft corals make a class of molecules called terpenes. Scientists had previously believed that these natural products were made by symbiotic ...

Four years ago Australia’s first offshore coral nursery was planted. Now, the corals are all grown up and have spawned for the first time. The corals (Acropora) were planted in 2017 within Fitzroy ...

Every coral counts.

CSIRO, in partnership with skincare company Larissa Bright Australia, has created the world’s first UVA/UVB sunscreen filters which mimic the natural sun protection used by corals on the Great Barrier ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

WASHINGTONWASHINGTON — Many animals can glow in the dark. Fireflies famously blink on summer evenings. But most animals that light up are found in the depths of the ocean. In a new study, scientists ...

They live in the ocean’s coldest, darkest depths, far from sight — but cold-water corals are far from safe. In a first-of-its-kind study published in Marine Biodiversity in June, a team of researchers ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

The physical interactions between coral and algal cells as they combine to form a symbiotic relationship have been observed for the first time. Within minutes of being introduced, coral cells had ...