coral reef

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The researchers emphasize that restoring coral reef fisheries is not only about protecting ecosystems.

From Science Daily • Jan. 4, 2026

She compares the human body to a coral reef, where animals, plants, and microscopic organisms “cohabitate as one huge and beautiful chimeric metaorganism.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 4, 2025

Using underwater footage, it will explore the major threats to our oceans, from destructive fishing techniques to mass coral reef bleaching.

From BBC • May 4, 2025

A coral reef is normally built out of lots of colonies of different kinds.

From NewsForKids.net • Nov. 27, 2024

Out there, perhaps a mile away, the white surf flinked on a coral reef, and beyond that the open sea was dark blue.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding