The hard version of coral polyps produces limestone that is used to form layer after layer of a rigid coral skeleton. Groups ...

A team at the University of Washington and King Abdullah University of Science (KAUST) spotted the fish in Red Sea coral reefs. Despite its small size of less than two centimeters, the grumpy ...

This process weakens the coral animal and leaves it more vulnerable ... particularly over the complex, reef-filled shallow waters of the Red Sea." Their model also has improved spatial resolution ...

Incidentally, Peinemann came across the specimen while exploring coral reef fish diversity on a diving expedition in the Red Sea. At first ... knowledge of the animal kingdom and its importance ...

Whatever the evolutionary advantage, animals' color is inextricably intertwined with their environment, be it the bright ...

"The ability for these animals to live in warm ... deep throughout the Farasan Bank coral reef system. "This research highlights the significance of the Red Sea as a natural laboratory for ...

Now, five years after her death, a new creature may take on the mantle of the grumpiest animal. In central Saudi Arabia, along the coast of the Red Sea, coral reefs offer food and hiding places ...

in a part of the Red Sea that is being developed as a luxury tourist resort. The colony, a feature within a reef made up of one specific type of the tiny coral-building animal known as a polyp ...