Soft corals in the West Philippine Sea and Benham Bank in the Philippine Rise, which are under threat from China, are among the richest and most diverse in the world, a newly published international ...

Soft coral Also known as Alcyonacea and ahermatypic coral, soft corals do not produce a rigid calcium carbonate skeleton and do not form reefs.

An international team of scientists have completed the world’s second and largest survey of soft corals, using more than 4,400 museum specimens collected over the past two decades. Their ...

A STUDY has found that the soft corals of the West Philippine Sea and the Philippine Rise are among the most diverse in the world, which can be used as medicinal compounds as well as adding aesthetic ...

Understanding how far Great Barrier Reef corals are from their parents could be key to identifying and protecting at-risk populations, University of Queensland research has found.

They found that the perceived beauty of reef fish assemblages peaks in highly diverse tropical marine protected areas and can be boosted by conserving reefs in a coral-dominated state.

Rainbow reefs revealed: The secret 112-million-year saga of glowing fish Two new studies on marine fish biofluorescence find a close link to coral reefs and a wide range of dazzling colors Date ...

A STUDY has found that the soft corals of the West Philippine Sea and the Philippine Rise are among the most diverse in the world, which can be used as medicinal compounds as well as adding ...

Soft coral diversity drops off below the arid horn of Africa, and though the Red Sea is wrapped in a garland of reefs, it has significantly fewer soft coral species.