Coral larvae successfully stained to track dispersal and settlement 

Researchers have used a harmless dye to stain coral spawn and track its dispersal and settlement on the reef. Christopher Doropoulos and George Roff of CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere, Australia, developed the low-cost technique to provide a quick, simple, and…

Floating Plastic is the New Uber for Ocean-Crossing Marine Life

There’s a myriad of ways that marine life can traverse the expanse of the oceans, the most fascinating of these is a process called rafting. By growing on and attaching to floating debris such as logs or coconuts, reef corals…