The offshore islands of Abu Dhabi emirate, United Arab Emirates, harbour some of the most extensive and biologically important coral reef resources of the entire Arabian Gulf. A WWF-UAE project shows ...

Research on coral reef fishes reveals their physiological responses to extreme temperatures, highlighting adaptations and ...

"While some coral reef fish in the Arabian Gulf show slight adaptability to increasing temperatures, many do not," added Burt, who is also the co-principal investigator at the Mubadala ACCESS Center.

Some fish species in the Arabian Gulf’s coral reefs are more resilient to climate change than previously thought, an international team of scientists has found. The study, published in Nature ...

The study found that fish in the Arabian Gulf have a higher tolerance to temperature changes compared to those living in more stable coral reef environments. However, despite this increased ...