Scientists warn that a proposed expansion of Port Everglades could cause unprecedented damage to corals in the U.S., ...

Corrales, a recent biological sciences Ph.D. graduate from the University of Rhode Island, and his advisor, Associate ...

Tropical coral reefs cover less than 1% of the seafloor, yet support 25% of all marine species. They are also incredibly ...

The Florida Aquarium’s Coral Conservation and Research Center is one of Florida's top coral producers and has reached a ...

OSU coral researcher Alex Vompe off the north shore of Mo'orea (photo by Mackenzie Kawahara). CORVALLIS, Ore. – Some coral species can be resilient to marine heat waves by “remembering” how they lived ...

Healthy corals, like this one in Puerto Rico, have color. Bleached corals appear white. By Seán Kinane/WMNF News (2015). In early June 2023, the coral reefs in the lower Florida Keys and the Dry ...

South Florida is home to the only barrier reef in the continental United States. But does it matter to people on land that the corals – like anywhere else in the world — are bleaching? To answer our ...

Deepwater coral specialist Andrea Quattrini’s new paper pins the origin of bioluminescence in corals to more than 500 million years ago Naomi Greenberg Andrea Quattrini shows off her favorite coral in ...

Editor’s Note: Call to Earth is a CNN editorial series committed to reporting on the environmental challenges facing our planet, together with the solutions. Rolex’s Perpetual Planet Initiative has ...

A new species of coral named after the “Star Wars” character Chewbacca was found in waters off Molokai as well as near the Mariana Trench. “Normally the branches are stiff and they stick out from the ...

Denise’s pygmy seahorse, barely larger than a fingernail, blends perfectly with its coral home. Found in the western Pacific, ...

Armed with scrub brushes, young scuba divers took to the waters of Florida’s Alligator Reef in late July to try to help corals struggling to survive 2023’s extraordinary marine heat wave. They ...