By Shanna Hanbury Wellington’s solitary coral, a species thought to be extinct for more than two decades, was rediscovered in 2024 near Tagus Cove in Ecuador’s Galápagos Islands, according to a recent ...

Coral bleaching isn’t just an ocean crisis. Here’s how the global event endangers food security, local jobs—and the land ...

The South Carolina Aquarium has welcomed three newroseate spoonbill chicks to their flock, contributing to the ...

Researchers said the rare species “abruptly disappeared” from the region following an El Niño event. Now it is thriving.

Scientists from the University of Miami, the Florida Aquarium, and Tela Marine in Honduras are transplanting crossbred coral ...

For people who are not experts, what are the signs of a collapsing reef system? Firstly, less color, because there’s less ...

By looking at the microbial communities that live on corals, our research uncovered a crucial role that fishes play in protecting coral reefs. We also discovered that these fishes together with clean ...

These protected areas bring an incredible amount of biodiversity right into the bustling metropolis–including coral reefs.

Since 1984, five specimens of the new species have been found in the waters of Vanuatu and New Caledonia, according to a study.

Understanding how far Great Barrier Reef corals are from their parents could be key to identifying and protecting at-risk ...

Scientists studied baby corals and found that some species stay very close to their parents while others travel huge ...

Florida’s devastated coral reefs can’t seem to catch a break. The marine heat wave of 2023, combined with an epidemic of ...