A new scientific paper reveals that many predictions about the future of coral reefs under climate change may be missing a ...

An international team of scientists working with Queensland Museum's CoralBank have made groundbreaking findings that rewrite ...

Our results suggest that promoting a range of different coral colors and shapes will not only help marine life, but also restore the visual, cultural and tourism value of thriving coral reefs.

Scientists from the University of Technology Sydney are searching for “super corals,” species that are naturally more ...

Coral reef conservation needs to take an equitable approach and include local impacted communities in decision-making and resource distribution.

Research at a lab at Roger Williams University on genetically modifying Rhode Island's native coral could help save tropical ...

“Coral reefs, particularly in the Caribbean, have undergone decades of degradation due to a variety of stressors, most or all attributed to human activities,” Levitan said. “However, not all coral ...

In the 18 years I’ve studied reefs in the Florida Keys and the Caribbean, coral populations have continued to decline such that they can no longer recover naturally; I worry that even those few ...

Coral science has advanced by leaps and bounds since Ken Nedimyer, who some consider the father of coral restoration, discovered how to farm corals in the Keys more than two decades ago, Stamper said.

[Related: Some Pacific coral reefs can keep pace with a warming ocean.] In the years after coral transplantation, coral cover, colony size, and carbonate production tripled, according to the study.

Mike Emslie, who heads the tropical marine research agency’s long-term monitoring program, said the live coral cover measured ...

The Maui Ocean Center’s curator, Chris Keller, said that, when coral reefs have been damaged, a team sometimes goes out to gather samples of coral species in the breakoff area. Keller said the ...