Jan. 28 (UPI) --Corals face a variety of threats, and one of them is attacking from the inside. In a new study, published in the journal Scientific Reports, scientists detailed the strategies of ...

Coral reefs are demolished from within, by bio-eroding sponges. Seeking refuge from predators, these sponges bore tunnels into the carbonate coral structures, thus weakening the reefs. Scientists from ...

Marine organisms hidden in caves, such as sponges, play an extremely important role in the nutrient cycle of coral reefs. Indeed they probably play the most important role of all, says Dutch biologist ...

“Despite their dominance on coral reefs, large sponges are generally excluded from restoration efforts because of a lack of suitable methods for sponge reattachment.” These sponges, which often exceed ...

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — It’s such a vibrant orange that divers think it’s part of South Florida’s colorful coral reefs. But it’s a destructive sponge that for the past decade has been spreading and ...

When a group of 360 dolphins visited corals located in the Northern Red Sea, reseachers noticed that calves under one year old would watch adults brush themselves against the coral. Angela Ziltener ...

How can coral reefs, one of the most diverse and productive ecosystems on Earth, survive in nutrient-poor tropical waters, like an oasis in a marine desert? That question, also known as Darwin's ...

MIAMI — In the absence of coral on Florida’s ailing reefs, a titan of the sea is taking over: giant barrel sponges. Big as a bathtub, the redwoods of the reef can live for centuries and grow to 6 feet ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - It's such a vibrant orange that divers think it's part of South Florida's colorful coral reefs. But it's a destructive sponge that for the past decade has been spreading and ...