Coral reefs are the most biodiverse habitats in the oceans, and like the trees of a rainforest, the coral structures provide the structure of the ecosystem, within which other plants and animals live.

I’ve sent eight ordinary kids from the UK to discover for themselves ... CHILD: It’s like a paradise beach! ADULT VOICE: So coral reefs are very, very important. CHILD NARRATOR: It was seeing ...

In large numbers, crown-of-thorns starfish can mow down wide swaths of coral reef. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) reports that Acropora species are in the top three ...

High species biodiversity (more than 500 coral species, high biodiversity of reef fishes, foraminifera, fungid corals, and stomatopods) and habitat diversity Oceanography (currents) 5 The Coral ...

The northern limit of the reef-building coral habitat was previously believed to be just off Sado Island in Niigata Prefecture. The newly found coral lies about 80 kilometers north of Sado.