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.

endangering the food supply chain and long-term economic gains for people who depend on fish for their livelihoods. Coral ...

A frightening phenomenon that's making seawater more acidic, spelling disaster for many marine animals, from plankton and coral up the food chain to sea stars ... We're already seeing the effects as ...

around a quarter of all ocean fish depend on coral reefs. Should these reefs collapse, the negative impact on biodiversity throughout the ocean food chain could be profound. Corals directly ...