Pulley Ridge in the Gulf of Mexico is home to mostly undisturbed plate corals. The Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary is proposing adding the area to its boundaries. A new plan to manage the ...

A crown-of-thorns starfish feasts on a plate coral on the Great Barrier Reef. Credit: Australian Institute of Marine Science A new study by researchers from the University of Sydney provides new ...

AIMS Long-Term Monitoring Program leader Dr Mike Emslie said recovery over the last few years has been driven primarily, but not exclusively, by fast-growing branching and plate corals, or Acropora.

Neon-coloured parrotfish happily graze on plate coral, unfazed by the enormous Māori wrasse looming above, its distinctive blue cheek tattoo seemingly aglow.