"The environment is changing so quickly because of human actions, and we need to use all information available to help us assess which animals are at risk and why, and to help develop the most appropriate ways to protect and…
Sponges are ancient marine animals, very common throughout the world’s oceans and seem less affected by ocean warming and acidification. Our latest research shows they can also survive low levels of oxygen. This is a surprising finding because most sponges…
Fiji’s efforts to protect the Great Barrier Reef and strengthen coastal communities against climate change will receive a US$35.2 million grant from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) under a US$42.6 million Coral Reef Resilience Project. The project will restore more…
A Hawaiʻi study compared passive and active environmental DNA sampling methods and coral genetic markers for community-based coral reef monitoring.
Disease and heat pose a deadly combination for coral reefs, according to a new study. Previous research has shown that heat stress can increase disease and kill coral. But the new paper found that corals with preexisting disease conditions were…
The chainsaws were coming for Liffey Valley, a haven of Gondwana-era myrtle and sassafras sheltering Tasmanian devils, spotted quolls and bandicoots. It was 1990, and two San Franciscan philanthropists had just awarded Bob Brown, then a state MP, the $49,000 Goldman Environmental…
A new study shows that a one-hour heat shock delays larval development in the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis and reduces juvenile size and heat tolerance more than a week later. A transient one-hour heat shock during larval development is enough…
The Reef Authority's Crown-of-thorns Starfish (COTS) Control Program team recently visited the Republic of Palau to lend a hand to local marine specialists dealing with an outbreak of the spiny coral eating starfish. The Reef Authority team, led by Dr…
A mathematical modelling study published in BMC Ecology and Evolution examines how environmental pressure and the so-called fear effect shape the dynamics of a marine plankton-fish ecosystem. The work, published on 16 October 2026 as an open access research article, builds a…
A laboratory experiment with ten genotypes of the threatened staghorn coral Acropora cervicornis links specific bacterial taxa to genotype-specific health outcomes under ammonium enrichment and disease exposure. Subject of Research: Genotype-specific microbiome responses of staghorn coral to nutrient enrichment and…
Coral biology and reef science: bleaching, reef health and restoration, coral spawning and the search for heat-resilient corals.
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