Increases in seawater temperature can cause coral bleaching through the loss of symbiotic algae. Corals can recover from bleaching by recruiting algae into host cells from the residual symbiont ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Liz writes about the ocean and its protection. Coral reefs, like humans, require a certain amount of iron to stay healthy. While ...

Researcher have found that an imbalance of nutrients in reef waters can increase the bleaching susceptibility of reef corals. Corals are made up of many polyps that jointly form a layer of living ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. GrrlScientist writes about evolution, ecology, behavior and health. This article is more than 9 years old. Coral bleaching results ...

In a scientific first, researchers at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Australia have captured a time-lapse video of how corals typically behave during a bleaching event. With ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract ABSTRACT: Single-celled, symbiotic, dinoflagellate algae known as zooxanthellae form associations with many shallow-water tropical marine ...

An endangered severely bleached pillar coral is white after the algae have been purged from the coral polyps at Sand Key in the Florida Keys. Images like this one are happing along Australia's Great ...

The soft orange glow of a common Caribbean coral comes not from the coral itself but from bacteria that live inside it, scientists said Thursday. And the bacteria not only give the coral a little ...

Young giant clams get necessary symbiotic algae from the feces of their parents, updating the age-old adage: one clam's trash is another clam's treasure. Coral reefs are a hotspot of biodiversity, ...