Sounds of a healthy reef coaxed coral larvae to settle on artificial structures in Hawai’i—a possible start to “hybrid” reefs ...

Scientists played healthy reef sounds underwater in Hawaii and found more baby corals nearby, even though they have no known way to hear.

It’s one of those horrifying facts of nature: Ant larvae eat each other. But why would a species that’s famous for self-sacrifice and cooperation also support infant cannibalism? Scientists now ...

For corals, baby fat is food. Coral mothers send their offspring into the world with a balanced meal of fat and algae, but baby corals mainly chew the fat, new research finds. Adult corals of the ...

Honeybees make a special “baby food” that gives their larvae a better-balanced diet, reveals new research. The pollinators also avoid “too much of a good thing” by balancing nutrients in pollen, ...

A new study reveals that eastern oyster larvae feed in a way scientists never expected, and the discovery raises urgent ...

Robots mimic clouds of microscopic marine larvae, like baby crabs, clams and rockfish The robots help tell scientists where marine larvae go, how they get there and back, and what allows them to do it ...