From bubbling plants to endangered whales, here are some amazing images from The Scientist in 2019.

View the top three winners of this year’s Nikon Small World in Motion Competition.

A mysterious illness is causing tissue loss in many species.

Some corals can adjust to a range of temperatures, but this ability may be limited in a consistently warmer environment.

Groups of corals release all of their eggs and sperm once a year, but the timing of their spawning is under threat from climate change.

Mycale grandis teams up with microbes housed inside it to gather nutrients.

Runoff and waste may be more harmful to the animals than climate change.

A 3-D simulation shows corals growing into a community.

Stony coral tissue loss disease has already affected 80 percent of Florida’s coastal reef system. Now, a huge team of responders is working to slow its spread and prepare for future restoration efforts.