From tiny seeds come big results: replanting seagrass meadows that help fish, protect coastlines, and absorb climate-heating ...

Palau reefs are hosts to over 300 species of coral, nine species of sea grass, and 2,000 species of fish. Each member of this ecosystem depends the others to survive. When one piece of the link is ...

During visits to a monitoring site, researchers also act as seagrass missionaries, preaching about the importance of the grasses. But asking locals, most of whom fish for a living, to stay off the ...

However, these stunning views come at a steep environmental cost—thousands of acres of seagrass beds surrounding tropical resorts worldwide are destroyed to achieve this Instagrammable aesthetic.

More sea grass provided protection for young fish and food for migratory birds. The otters’ impacts on the green crab population became apparent around 2010, Jeppesen said. In 2014, a researcher ...