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Honduras Issues Nationwide Fishing Ban to Protect Coral Reefs, Grouper, and Key Marine Species

A Major Win for Coral Reef Conservation in the Mesoamerican Reef Region After more than three years of collaboration, persistence, and science-based advocacy, the Coral Reef Alliance (CORAL) and our partners from the Bay Islands Technical Committee, Healthy Reefs for Healthy People, Fundación Cayos Cochinos, and Fundación Cuero y Salado have...
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THE MYSTERY OF MUCUS!

By Rebecca Campbell Gibbel, MS, DVM WHAT GOOD IS SLIME? For many marine animals, mucus is an essential part of their lives, providing a protective barrier. Clownfish have a mucous coating on the surface of their skin, gills and gut that is three to four times thicker than other similarly sized fish....
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Cladocopium thermophilum: A powerhouse of thermal tolerance

By Anna Fiesinger Coral reefs face an existential threat from rising ocean temperatures, but one tiny alga is rewriting the rules of survival. Cladocopium thermophilum, a symbiotic alga found in the Persian Arabian Gulf’s extreme environment, has emerged as a critical player in the Gulf’s coral resilience. This microbe’s extraordinary ability...
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A crab-tastic mutualism

By Daniela Restrepo Galeano Corals are known for their mutualistic relationship with tiny algae that live within coral tissue cells. But this is only one of the multiple collaborations that corals maintain. Mutualism with animals like crabs is less well known and less commonly studied. Nonetheless, crabs have shown to benefit...
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