New research shows coral reef food webs are more isolated and fragile than expected, with key fish species tied to narrow ...

Elkhorn coral babies, affectionately called "Flonduran" corals by researchers at the Rosenstiel School at the University of Miami, were planted in Biscayne Bay on July 1. This is the first time ...

The algae have poisoned more than 1,737 square miles of the waters, littering beaches with carcasses and ravaging an area ...

After the 1982-1983 El Niño warming event, the coral endemic to the Galápagos Islands experienced sharp population declines ...

Crackling shrimp sounds at night are helping scientists uncover which coral reefs are recovering - and which ones are in ...

Divers clutch wooden spears as they hunt hordes of hungry starfish destroying the coral reefs around the Cook Islands. These ...

Climate change is warming the whole planet, but the ocean is absorbing most of that heat. That’s bad news for creatures that are sensitive to temperature changes, like corals. When waters get too ...

An international team of coral scientists is calling for urgent regulatory reform to support assisted gene flow (AGF)—a ...

The Collapse of the World’s Coral Reefs is “Death by a Thousand Cuts” A marine ecologist on the impacts of losing this ecological “canary in the coal mine.

Volcanic islands, such as the islands of Hawaii and the Caribbean, are surrounded by coral reefs that encircle an island in a labyrinthine, living ring. A coral reef is punctured at points by reef ...

Read more: Coral reefs face an uncertain recovery from the 4th global mass bleaching event – can climate refuges help? “Major ocean currents can carry baby corals to temperate seas.

Science The Race to Engineer Coral Reef Solutions in the U.S. Virgin Islands As world leaders gather to address a global marine crisis at the UN Ocean Conference, scientists from the Woods Hole ...