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 ...

Reporting in Proceedings Biological Sciences, researchers found that a species of branching coral benefitted from a reef-dwelling crab, especially when the coral was heat-stressed and wounded. The ...

A branching coral under pressure from heat and physical damage appears to gain crucial support from a particular ...

Acropora corals with colourful bleaching in New Caledonia. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions ...

Staghorn coral (Acropora cervicornis) and Elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata) are two examples of Critically Endangered species in the Caribbean that have experienced significant declines due to ...

A coral species found primarily in western and southern Japan has spread in Tokyo Bay and is threatening to destroy ecosystems in the warming waters around the capital. The coral variant Acropora ...

Many colonies of table-shaped corals or branch-shaped Acropora corals were found to have perished. The bleaching was likely caused by high ocean temperatures. The average temperature was 30.2 ...