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Coral reefs are among the most diverse ecosystems on Earth, yet they are increasingly threatened by rising sea temperatures, marine heatwaves, and climate-dr...

Although scleractinians are typically considered the main reef-building corals, a few octocoral taxa also contribute to coral reef framework formation…

Scientific Reports - The hidden diversity of Saudi Arabian Red Sea octocorals revealed through a morpho-molecular assessment across bathymetric and latitudinal gradients

It is of vital importance to, on occasion, consider how little we know about the spinning rock we all live on. Take coral reefs, for example. Given how much they’ve been studied, you’d think we’ve lea...

Scientific Reports - Biodiversity and biogeography of zooxanthellate soft corals across the Indo-Pacific

Scientific Reports - Biodiversity and biogeography of zooxanthellate soft corals across the Indo-Pacific

Years ago, as a student at the University of the Ryukyus in in Okinawa, Japan, Ai Takahata was researching the color patterns of a seahorse about the size of a shelled peanut. The pygmy seahorse Hippo...