Scientists examined 14 black coral species collected between 10 and 396 meters from around Hawai'i for the presence of algae using molecular and histological (tissue studies) techniques. Surprisingly, ...

There are several cases throughout nature in which two entirely different species rely on each other to survive; these systems are called symbiotic relationships. One major example is the connection ...

A team of coral researchers has taken a major stride towards revealing the workings of the mysterious 'engine' that drives Australia's Great Barrier Reef, and corals the world over. The science has ...

A team of researchers from the Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB) have developed an interactive global map of corals and zooxanthellae as part of a hybrid web application titled GeoSymbio.

Symbiodinium inside coral polyp © Emily Howells Under several global climate change scenarios coral reefs are likely to be destroyed by the middle of this century 1 ...

Researchers at the Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB), an organized research unit in the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa's School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology have made a ...

A team of coral researchers has taken a major stride towards revealing the workings of the mysterious ‘engine’ that drives Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, and corals the world over. The science has ...