Their reefs occupy ... In the Bahamas, the rush of the water creates a truly strange phenomenon - a whirlpool. In the Maldives, on the biggest tides, one particular coral lagoon becomes so flooded ...

It is a coral reef dwelling species originally found in the warm waters of the Indo-Pacific. In the Bahamas this invasive species is hunting the young of the indigenous fish, and with no natural ...

The red coral colonies that were transplanted a decade ago on the seabed of the Medes Islands have survived successfully. They are very similar to the original communities and have contributed to the ...

“They clearly form a significant inter-reef habitat which covers an area greater than the adjacent coral reefs.” Bioherms are formed by the calcium carbonate remains of a common green algae that has a ...

Roads are limited and mostly found on the main islands ... turquoise waters and swimming pigs. The coral reefs and historic shipwrecks make the Bahamas a diver's and snorkeler's paradise.

Researchers have found that reef fish from the Arabian Gulf, the world's hottest sea, exhibit a higher tolerance to temperature fluctuations compared to those from more thermally stable coral reefs.