Science News for Kids » seaweed http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org Publication of the Society for Science & the Public Sun, 19 May 2013 15:00:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Threatened coral get fishy rescue http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/12/threatened-coral-get-fishy-rescue/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/12/threatened-coral-get-fishy-rescue/#comments Thu, 06 Dec 2012 15:00:08 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=15042 When toxic seaweed (green at right) gets too close to a type of coral (yellow structure), this fish, a broad-barred goby (Gobiodon histrio), responds to a distress signal sent by the coral and nibbles the seaweed away. Credit: Danielle Dixson

When toxic seaweed gets too close to this coral, gobies fight and bite back ]]> When toxic seaweed (green at right) gets too close to a type of coral (yellow structure), this fish, a broad-barred goby (Gobiodon histrio), responds to a distress signal sent by the coral and nibbles the seaweed away. Credit: Danielle Dixson

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