This reef looks amazing,” she remembers wondering. ... An ecologist with the Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium tends to coral in a reef restoration area, or nursery, ...

In a nearby greenhouse, corals that may one day replenish Caribbean reefs quietly grow in broad, shallow tanks. Tucked between these charismatic creatures is a multitude of sea urchins in various ...

To test their hypothesis, the researchers put coral larvae in special tanks and broadcast the sounds made by fish and crustaceans that live in reefs. Lo and behold, the baby corals oriented and swam ...

A bundle of eggs have been released during an "amazing" coral spawning event that took place in captivity. And it is one that offers a possible solution to any decline in the reef.