A study led by the University of Bremen suggests that on algae-dominated coral reefs, it is not the algae but the corals themselves that may contribute to the growth of harmful bacteria.

While plants and some bacteria can make their own food ... jeopardizing the living coral that makes up reefs. Covered with long, venomous spikes, the crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci ...

A new bacteria-inspired robot uses 12 spinning arms to move around the same way bacteria does and scientists want to make it ...

Hawaiʻi’s 83,000 cesspools discharge roughly 50 million gallons of untreated sewage into our groundwater, streams and coastal ...

Under stress, many reefs usually dominated by coral are now shifting to systems dominated by turf and fleshy algae. “Understanding the role of bacteria and viruses in ecological processes allows ...

New research revealed the remarkable chemical diversity of substances exuded by coral reefs and demonstrated that thousands of different chemicals derived from tropical corals and seaweeds are ...

Laboratory experiments confirm the accuracy of numerical modeling in simulating coral bleaching, according to new research ...

Competition between coral and algae on a reef is mediated by the interaction between all of their associated viruses, bacteria, and biochemicals. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not ...

Mar. 11, 2025 — Researchers combine acoustic monitoring with a neural network to identify fish activity on coral reefs by sound. They trained the network to sort through the deluge of acoustic ...

Elkhorn coral colonies are a key reef-building species throughout Florida ... Other key findings include that certain bacteria are correlated with coral survivorship. They also discovered that ...

New research reveals the remarkable chemical diversity of substances exuded by coral reefs and demonstrates that thousands of different chemicals derived from tropical corals and seaweeds are ...