Gall crabs are tiny and yet these crustaceans have evolved fluorescence to help them be concealed within hideouts they have created in the coral itself [1]. “These crabs are everywhere,” says Susanne ...

Coral reefs, those vibrant underwater cities, stand on the precipice of collapse. While rising ocean temperatures and coral bleaching grab headlines, a new essay in Current Biology reveals a hidden ...

Researchers at the University of Guam Marine Laboratory have integrated novel sequencing technologies to reveal hidden diversity in coral reef ecosystems. Coral reefs provide the structure for an ...

It may not snow in Queensland in December, but underwater, the Great Barrier Reef is putting on its own kind of snowfall in a dazzling underwater exhibition of new life. Giant clams, molluscs and ...

The word “extinct” still shocks the senses when applied to species that play such vital roles in our ecological and economic landscape. So when NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

These fleeting woodland ponds teeming with wonderous, rarely seen creatures are an essential feature of Michigan’s forests. Fairy shrimp, fingernail clams and blue-spotted salamanders are among the ...

Scientists with Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium partnered with 13 veterans affiliated with Combat Wounded Veterans Challenge this month to plant slower-growing boulder corals that provide the ...