WAKING UP CORAL REEFS. YEAH, THIS IS A REALLY INTERESTING STORY. NOW CORALS RELY ON A HEALTHY SOUNDSCAPE TO THRIVE, AND SCIENTISTS HERE IN MASSACHUSETTS MAY HAVE THE PERFECT SYMPHONY. SO THERE’S A LOT ...

Purring fish and snapping shrimp. Croaks and pulses from a chorus of fish. Those are some of the noises that make up the soundscape of a healthy coral reef. Local scientists at Woods Hole ...

Researchers have discovered playing the ambient sounds of healthy coral reefs underwater helps encourage vital reef-building coral, suggesting a promising path for repairing weakening reefs around the ...

"Sound recorders and AI could be used around the world to monitor the health of reefs, and discover whether attempts to protect and restore them are working," said study co-author Dr. Tim Lamont.

INSKEEP: Nadege Aoki studies the bioacoustics of coral reefs at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts. NADEGE AOKI: They support close to a quarter of all marine species. And that also ...

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. In case you missed it we’re spending this week revisiting some of our favorite episodes from the past year. Today we’re ...

Google Arts & Culture has a new “Calling In Our Corals” project bubbling up to the surface. Using data models defined by users, teams will be able to monitor and understand thriving ecosystems in our ...

A new AI method that can accurately detect coral reef health through sound recordings may remove the need for intensive visual studies by expert divers. A team of researchers from the University of ...

Researchers have found that playing the sounds of happy corals through underwater speakers could allow degrading coral reefs to regain lost vitality. A team of scientists played recordings of healthy ...