This study makes the fundamental discovery of the first natural animal rhodopsin that uses a chloride ion instead of an amino acid side chain as a counterion. Using a combination of biochemical and ...

The college’s Visualizing Science competition finalists include the winning image of a Logistic Map’s Chaotic Portion by an ...

Coral reefs are marine structures created by calcifying coral animals and their algal symbionts. Coral reef ecosystems are generally high in biodiversity, most often found in shallow tropical seas ...

Researchers have found that reef fish from the Arabian Gulf, the world's hottest sea, exhibit a higher tolerance to temperature fluctuations compared to those from more thermally stable coral reefs.

NHA TRANG, Vietnam | The gentle waves off the coast of central Vietnam’s Nha Trang obscure an open secret: The life-giving coral reefs below are dying. The waters are eerily devoid of fish.

Tests in Key West show sediment stirred up by cruise ships, which can harm marine life, routinely exceed federal standards.

Rice showed commissioners a graph with data from the cruise port ... on hard-bottom communities and it has an impact on the coral reef." In the cruise port, studies have shown, despite being ...

Desert ecosystems make up 50% of Australia’s terrestrial landscape, or 383.8 million hectares. In 2020–21, half of Australia’s mangroves had at least 80% canopy cover. Between 2015–16 and 2020–21, 4% ...

Makai McNamara was knocked unconscious on Feb. 23, after being wiped out by a large wave at Banzai Pipeline, a surf reef break Gabrielle Rockson is a staff writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She joined ...