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 ...

The coral reef systems of the Al Wajh lagoon on the Red Sea, the world's fourth largest barrier reef system, are estimated to host approximately 210 species of hard corals and 120 species of soft ...

While coral reefs are starting to bleach, turning pale and white in seas around the world, those growing in the Gulf of Aqaba at the northern end of the Red Sea are ... reefs live, we made sure ...

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 ...