Coral reefs can be separated into three distinct zones: the back reef, reef crest, and fore-reef (Figure 7). The back reef includes the shallow lagoon between the shore and coral reef. This ...

In what can be called an important initiative, the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB), Fisheries Survey of India, UNDP -Mangrove Cell, and NGO Vanashakti removed 300 kg of marine debris from a ...

One such predator, the smallscale scorpionfish (Scorpaenopsis oxycephala), closely resembles the reef's rocky, algae- and coral-encrusted ... silver gulls help keep shore areas clear of debris.

A photo of “Big Momma” in American Samoa, the largest coral before the discovery  of the coral in Solomon Islands.  Courtesy of National Marine Sanctuaries via Wikimedia Commons   Have you ever ...

The Varadero reef could offer clues for the survival of other reefs in contaminated areas Just off the shore of the city of Cartagena, home of one of Colombia's biggest ports, lies a coral reef ...

Growing up in the Semporna islands, Marliana Saidun knew very little about the sea because women don’t go out to fish as men ...