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 ...

World Reef Awareness Day 2025 highlights the coral reef crisis and the urgent need for global conservation action.

For as plant-like as they might seem, coral are actually animals ... ripples all the way up the food chain, including to humans, who eat fish that depend on reef ecosystems for survival.

They are a valuable part of the food chain in coral seas ... marine animals looking for food often mistake plastic bags for moon jellies. Found throughout the outer edges of reef areas in the ...

The impact of a predator down through the food ... coral reef system.] For Rasher, these findings mean that the question is no longer whether sharks influence the dynamics of reef plant and animal ...

"This data fills important knowledge gaps, such as how small cryptic animals support coral reefs from the bottom of the food chain, all the way up to bigger predators." Dr Wolfe believes that the ...

Of course, the cows themselves are prey to other animals, like humans and coyotes. Now we have a simple food ... reef, crown-of-thorns starfish populations can explode, jeopardizing the living ...

Confectionery-to-pet food manufacturer Mars is working to turn the tide ... Mars therefore hopes to leverage the reach of its supply chain to combat coral reef destruction, in much the same way as its ...

In particular, a large and unchecked population of small mesopredatory fish can have impacts down the food chain ... in mesopredatory reef fishes on a coral reef, Journal of Animal Ecology ...

Around the world, coral reefs are under unprecedented threat. Plastic litter and other pollution are choking fish. Overfishing is shrinking the population of sharks and other endangered animals.

Storm surges and coral bleaching do something similar underwater. UC Santa Barbara scientists investigated how these two kinds of disturbances might affect coral reefs. They found that coral ...