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 ...

After 10,000 years, they're now gone. Nearly all of Florida’s critically endangered Acropora coral colonies are now dead, after a record-breaking ocean heat wave in 2023. This marks the species’ ...

A new research paper published in Science reports the functional extinction of Acropora corals from Florida’s Coral Reef. Scientists documented catastrophic mortality of these critically endangered ...

Thanks to the dire condition of the Earth's coral reefs, the planet has now reached its first tipping point for human-caused climate change, according to a new report by scientists in Europe. The ...

Record-warm ocean temperatures off the coast of Florida last summer stressed an already vulnerable coral reef system, prompting a massive die-off across the only living barrier reef in the continental ...

New research has found previously undocumented variation in coral heat tolerance on the Great Barrier Reef, giving hope that corals' own genetic resources may hold the key for us to help in its ...

Coral reefs make up less than 1% of ocean habitat but are home to at least 25% of marine species. These incredibly biodiverse ...

Healthy corals like these on Australia's Lady Elliot Reef could disappear by the 2030s if climate change is not curbed. Rebecca Spindler, CC BY-ND This novel approach involves storing and cooling ...

(CNN) — Elkhorn and staghorn corals used to carpet Florida’s reef system, rising like antlers from the seabed — but not anymore. These crucial coral species are now “functionally extinct” in the ...

The coral fragment from the seafloor off the coast of the resort Siyam World Maldives in the Noonu Atoll had a stark contrast. One inch of the coral’s light brown tips was bumpy with living polyps, ...