Abundant algae also competes with adult colonies for space, crowding them out. Across the Caribbean and in Florida, scientists are pouring their time and resources into restoring reefs by planting ...

Caribbean king crabs are effective in clearing ... producing those 250,000 crabs annually to eventually graze algae on the reef. Spadaro said that’s really just a drop in the bucket, compared ...

A study published in the journal Coral Reefs reveals that heat-tolerant symbiotic algae may be essential to saving elkhorn ...

The Atlantic Ocean has a toxic seaweed problem. Floating in brown islands of algae, this year’s sargassum bloom has already ...

This 2017 image from a Caribbean coral reef shows a healthy number of diadema sea urchins, which graze algae off coral reefs and allow for better growth. Reef Renewal “Places like Florida ...

If you're hoping that reef-restoring coral larvae will settle down in damaged reefs, you can't just sit around and wait for ...

July saw no decrease of algae in the Caribbean Sea, said Chuanmin Hu ... balance as well as leading to declines in seagrass, coral reef and sponge populations. "They're essentially being smothered ...

the hatchery will produce upwards from 250,000 Caribbean king crabs a year. Those crabs will be placed back on the reef with the hope that they will eat enough algae to make the environment more ...

July saw no decrease of algae in the Caribbean Sea, said Chuanmin Hu ... balance as well as leading to declines in seagrass, coral reef and sponge populations. “They’re essentially being ...

With spikes as long as knitting needles, long-spined sea urchins may look like underwater villains, but their appetite for algae makes them the unsung heroes of Caribbean reefs. Courtesy of the ...

Without these symbiotic algae—and the energy they provide ... Even amid such sweeping losses, however, not all Caribbean reefs were decimated by the heat. On certain Bahamian reefs, Pizarro ...