A key cog in the restoration of the Florida Reef Tract – Mote’s Florida Coral Reef Restoration Crab Hatchery – formally opened Monday, even as a portion of the facility is being used to ...
The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center partnered with Erinn Muller, a research representative on Florida Keys National ...
CORAL REEF From the deck of a skiff on the surface ... are hosts of invertebrates—clams, crabs, shrimps, worms, sea cucumbers—of stunning diversity. Add to these the hundreds of new species ...
Not far beneath the surface of the Coral Sea, where the Great Barrier Reef lives, parrotfish teeth grind against rock, crab claws snap as they battle over hiding spots, and a 600-pound grouper ...
Record-breaking ocean heat has taken a devastating toll on one of the world’s greatest natural wonders, with coral bleaching ...
The variety of life found on coral reefs attracts some of the ocean’s deadliest predators ... waves of colour along its body to distract or confuse its prey. The hermit crab has a soft abdomen which ...