While plants and some bacteria can make their own food ... too few tritons on the reef, crown-of-thorns starfish populations can explode, jeopardizing the living coral that makes up reefs.

Coral reefs around the world are experiencing a ... threatening the species and food chains that rely on them with collapse. This marks the world’s fourth global bleaching event, and the second ...

With the future of the world's coral reefs threatened by climate change ... It could also have knock-on effects between species and up the food chain, she added. Human-driven climate change ...

In fact, coral reefs wouldn’t be stunning havens for ... and biggest bladdered, fish atop the food chain. And unsustainable pursuit of that protein comes at a cost. A study published on Tuesday ...

For example, reef sharks tend to occupy the apex predator position in the coral reef food chain. As top predators, they help regulate the populations of lower-level predators, such as smaller reef ...

Coral reefs are degrading at an alarming rate – threatening the ... Mars uses animal by-products that offer ingredients of high nutritional value and are often outside of the human food chain, which ...

Scientists say there has never been another instance of a large urban fire burning next to a coral reef anywhere in the ... be making its way through the food chain. “I know a lot of people ...

It’s just a cascade effect because that goes all the way up the food chain. So, it’s imperative that we have a healthy coral reef for us to have a full ecosystem. Without a coral reef ...

Scientists say there has never been another instance of a large urban fire burning next to a coral reef anywhere in the ... be making its way through the food chain. “I know a lot of people ...

This year, coral got a bit of a reprieve ... Or, if too much plankton upsets the reef food chain by attracting other marine life that comes to rely on it for food. “There's some theory that ...

Rows of tanks filled with liquid nitrogen sit in temperature-controlled chambers at Sydney's Taronga zoo, cradling parts of ...