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Coral reefs perform many important functions, such as buffering coastlines and providing habitat for one-fourth of all marine species. In the U.S. alone, these ecological services are worth an ...

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.

Prior research has shown that climate change is endangering coral reefs, which in turn endangers the creatures that live on and around them. Coral reefs are in trouble for two reasons: The first ...