The Coral Triangle has often been compared to the Amazon rainforest, based on the sheer scale of its biodiversity. And now, ...

In 2023, the Center for Biological Diversity sued the National Marine Fisheries Service for failing to provide critical ...

Elkhorn coral helps form the skeleton of a healthy reef, but more than 95% of the Elkhorn coral off Florida has been wiped ...

Some corals can pass heat resistance to their offspring - giving new hope for the survival and restoration of reefs in a ...

Unlike typical marine algae, C. tumulosa forms tumbleweed-like mats that easily break off and drift with the current.

Increased ocean acidification is harmful to marine life, leading to issues such as weakening the shells and skeletons of ...

As coral species die off, they may be leaving a death spiral in their wake: Their absence could be sapping life from the corals that survive. In a new study, when isolated from other species ...

WASHINGTON— The National Marine Fisheries Service announced critical habitat designations today for five threatened coral species living in the Pacific Ocean. The agency’s final rule protects 92 ...

Hawaiian coral reefs may face unprecedented ocean acidification within 30 years, driven by carbon emissions. A new study by University of Hawai‘i researchers shows that even under conservative climate ...

To determine the heat tolerance of certain coral species, the researchers will run a series of thermal bleaching experiments, capturing data on the performance of individual coral colonies. According ...

Some coral species can be resilient to marine heat waves by “remembering” how they lived through previous ones, research by Oregon State University scientists suggests.

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