When Palacio and her team examined coral reefs after the 2015–2016 heat wave, they found that particular corals called ...

Giant clams, some of the largest mollusks on Earth, have long fascinated scientists. These impressive creatures can grow up to 4.5 feet in length and weigh over 700 pounds, making them icons of ...

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An international research team has described a newly discovered algae species Streptofilum arcticum and its cell functions ...

Coral reef research has focused on the twin evils birthed by record-high greenhouse gas emissions: warming oceans and increasingly acidic seawater. These global threats are caused by seawater ...

Daniel Wangpraseurt is a marine biologist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego. He received his bachelor’s ...

When these conditions arise, the symbiotic algae living in coral tissue become overwhelmed and begin to produce excess amounts of reactive oxygen species—harmful chemicals that disrupt coral's ...

A CNN article, citing the University of the Philippines, shared a photo from Houteng Reef in the South China Sea, claiming ...

Giant clams grow huge by relying on algae for energy. Scientists found genes that help them live with algae and grow big.

The newly discovered algae species Streptofilum arcticum possesses a potentially highly flexible cell wall to help it survive ...

The newly discovered algae species Streptofilum arcticum possesses a potentially highly flexible cell wall: When water is ...

Most corals are sessile organisms, which remain permanently attached to a substrate or base, such as algae that grows on a rock, throughout their lifespan. C. cyclolites similarly begins life anchored ...