The young corals, known as "Flonduran" corals, come from Florida elkhorn crossed with Honduran elkhorn from colonies that ...

A three-year study has cracked open the hidden biology behind coral reproduction, revealing hormone cycles that echo those of ...

Scenarios like the one above are not uncommon for conservationists working to save corals. Almost one third of all coral ...

Coral reefs are one of the most diverse ecosystems on the planet. What are the abiotic and biotic interactions that structure this diverse ecosystem? Corals are members of the phylum Cnidaria, a ...

Researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have developed a new method to predict coral bleaching five to six months before it occurs, giving reef managers valuable time to protect ...

As global climate change intensifies, ocean acidification is becoming a ‘relentless killer’ threatening coral reef ecosystems. Recently, a research paper published in the international authoritative ...

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. Could it all come crumbling down?

Beneath a cloak of darkness, illuminated only by glow sticks and red-filtered flashlights, researchers waited underwater off Key Largo hoping to witness one of the rarest events of sex in the sea.

When Andrew Baker looks out at the vacant lot next to his office on Virginia Key, he doesn’t see the trees or grass that are there now. He sees a factory of the future. One story tall, roughly the ...

Summary and Key Points: China’s island fortresses in the South China Sea are usually told as a military story — the runways, ...