A huge colony of Pavona coral near the coast of Saudi Arabia is thought to be the largest living example found in the Red Sea ...

The variety of life found on coral reefs attracts some of the ocean’s deadliest predators. In response, reef species have evolved a fantastic array of survival strategies to avoid being eaten. Some ...

Coral reefs can seem almost magical ... They belong to the same family as jellyfish and sea anemones, and though tiny—often no bigger than a grain of rice—they live in vast colonies.

While their bodies have evolved differently from land animals to metabolize oxygen, they too asphyxiate if oxygen levels drop dangerously low. However, in the Red Sea, there are resistant ...

Understanding how this coral has survived for so long will be crucial for protecting other reefs in the Red Sea and potentially all over the world, for generations to come.” The release added that ...

Beneath the waters off Egypt’s Red Sea coast, a kaleidoscopic ecosystem teems with life. It could become the world’s “last coral refuge” as global heating eradicates reefs elsewhere ...

The world's coral reefs are in the midst of the fourth and largest global bleaching event in recorded history, NOAA announced ...

Coral reefs are a crucial part of the marine ecosystem, providing habitats for all sorts of marine life and protecting coastlines from storm damage. But scientists say rising ocean temperatures are ...

of Saudi Arabia have reported the discovery of an unusual ecosystem beneath the world’s third-largest coral reef system, and the largest in the Red Sea. Located in Difat Farasan, also known as the ...