| Coral reef recovery could get a boost from an unlikely source: Sea cucumbers, the janitors of the seafloor | External News | lvidal7 |  | 
          
                                                                                        | This Often-Overlooked Sea Creature may be Quietly Protecting the Planet's Coral Reefs | External News | lvidal7 |  | 
          
                                                                                        | Sea Cucumber "Nurseries" Could Protect Coral Reefs | External News | adavidson38 |  | 
          
                                                                                        | Sea Cucumbers are the ‘Scum Suckers’ Corals Desperately Need | External News | adavidson38 |  | 
          
                                                                                        | Volcanic Activity Does Not Contribute to El Ninos, Hard Evidence Says | News | Ben Brumfield |  | 
          
                                                                                        | Great Barrier Reef suffers its most widespread mass bleaching event on record | External News | kpietkiewicz3 |  | 
          
                                                                                        | Previously Overlooked “Coral Ticks” Weaken Degraded Reefs | News | John Toon |  | 
          
                                                                                        | Scientists exposed coral reef to acidic seawater and saw slowed growth | External News | mrosten3 |  | 
          
                                                                                        | We're Poisoning Coral Reefs With Plastic | External News | mrosten3 |  | 
          
                                                                                        | Size Matters for Marine Protected Areas Designed to Aid Coral | News | John Toon |  | 
          
                                                                                        | Coral Reef Researcher Wins Explorer’s Club Honor | News | John Toon |  | 
          
                                                                                        | Foes Can Become Friends on the Coral Reef | News | John Toon |  | 
          
                                                                                        | La Niña-like conditions associated with 2,500-year-long shutdown of coral reef growth | News | Brett Israel |  | 
          
                                                                                        | Fish From Acidic Ocean Waters Less Able to Smell Predators | News | Brett Israel |  | 
          
                                                                                        | Chemical Warfare on Coral Reefs: Suppressing a Competitor Enhances Susceptibility to a Predator | News | John Toon |  |