Healthy brain coral at left, and one that has experienced 100 percent bleaching on right. Photo: Duke University Researchers at Duke University set out to investigate whether local conservation actions on coral reefs could boost the corals’ resilience to bleaching brought on by climate [...]
It is actually quite simple: a fish joins a large group, it is able to share information about its environment with the group, and it gains a distinctive edge (especially against predators) that enables it to survive and reproduce. To most fish biologists, the benefits of shoaling are pretty [...]
