A striking aerial view captures a vibrant turquoise coral reef surrounding a deep blue ocean channel. The contrasting textures and colors of the shallow reef and dark water create a mesmerizing ...

Coral reefs are essential to the health of oceans, the food supply and to protecting the coast from storms. But as climate ...

Somewhere in the western Pacific, on reefs near New Caledonia sampled during the Tara Pacific expedition, a fist-sized colony ...

Miami — Marine scientists in Miami are hoping to restore Florida's coral reef by taking coral from Honduras and crossbreeding it. "It's the first time ever in the world that an international cross of ...

Beneath the beauty of coral reefs lies a hidden universe of microbes unlike anything scientists expected. Each coral species ...

Coral reefs, worth an estimated $9.8 trillion a year to humanity, are in far worse shape than previously realized. A massive international study found that during the 2014–2017 global marine heatwave, ...

A Honduran coral reef withstood a century of pollution and disease. It could be used to restore dying Caribbean reefs—if scientists can figure out how it survived. Despite being exposed to decades of ...

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