The final, formatted version of the article will be published soon. Recent investigations of coral symbiotic microorganisms have largely centered on their ecological functions, while systematic ...

Coral reefs in tropical and subtropical oceans are complex ecosystems characterized by high biodiversity. Zooxanthellate scleractinians are a major component of these reefs. However, the factors ...

Zoe Richards receives funding from the Minderoo Foundation. This work was undertaken by the Coral Conservation and Research Group at Curtin University in partnership with the Minderoo Exmouth Research ...

“We sampled reef-building stony corals representing two types, Acropora sp. and Favites sp. We were surprised to find an extensive presence of medications even in the deep-water corals that usually ...

Traces of 10 common medications have been identified in coral samples in shallow and deep water sites in the Gulf of Eilat in southern Israel. Sulfamethoxazole, an antibiotic used for respiratory and ...

Severe environmental contamination: A new study from Tel Aviv University and the Steinhardt Museum of Natural History detected traces of 10 common medications in coral samples collected from both ...

In a pair of related studies, published July 26, 2022 online via First Release in Science, researchers at University of California San Diego, with colleagues on four continents, show that the origin ...

Studies describe not only where the COVID-19 pandemic began, but the likelihood that the causative SARS-CoV-2 virus made the leap from animal hosts to people multiple times In a pair of related ...

The annual coral spawning season is underway around the islands of Mu Ko Chang National Park in Trat province. This year, three different species of coral – Goniastrea, Favia and Favites – were ...

J. E. Pekar, A. Magee, E. Parker, N. Moshiri, K. Izhikevich, J. L. Havens, K. Gangavarapu, L. M. Malpica Serrano, A. Crits-Christoph, N. L. Matteson, M. Zeller, J. I ...

Mass coral spawning is a perplexing annual event that occurs over a few nights following a full moon. This paper demonstrates that the period of darkness between sunset and moonrise that occurs after ...