If you’re swimming across a thriving coral reef, you may mistakenly believe you floated ... related to jellyfish and anemones – that group together, making use of calcium and carbonate ions to create ...

If coral reefs were to disappear overnight, life would slowly lose its ecological balance and eventually die out.

Manufacturing firm, Izedon Carbonates, has inaugurated its production plant in Lampese, Edo State, in a bid to bolster Nigeria’s non-oil revenue and reduce the importation of calcium carbonates.

One type of this mineral is coral calcium, derived from fossilized coral reefs. It is thought to be more readily absorbed by the body compared to other calcium forms. Coral calcium supplements can ...

Artificial light can wake sleeping fish and attract predators, changing nighttime coral reef communities, according to new research using novel underwater infrared cameras. The study, published ...

Shipwrecks off the coast of Colombo serve as havens for more diverse and abundant fish than natural coral reefs, a recent study reveals. Researchers attribute this to the complex structures of ...

New research now shows it can disturb the underwater communities around coral reefs as well. here's NPR's Jonathan Lambert. JONATHAN LAMBERT, BYLINE: For millennia, life on coral reefs ...

Set off the coast of Sablayan, Apo Reef Natural Park spans 13 square miles (around 33 square kilometers), making it the world’s second-largest contiguous coral reef system after Australia’s ...

"The reality is that marine heatwaves are triggering mass coral bleaching mortality events across the world's shallow tropical reef ecosystems, and the increasing frequency and intensity of these ...

They explained that it was distinct from a coral reef made from many distinct coral colonies. Measuring 34 metres wide and 32 metres long, the team said the “mega coral” was three times bigger ...