A towering coral reef has emerged from the depths of Australia’s northern waters, reshaping what scientists thought they knew ...

Reefs in Florida and the Caribbean struggled for years with pollution and rising temperatures. Then stony coral tissue loss disease arrived in 2014, decimating corals in a deadly wave along ...

The reef, which is just under two miles long and is in “pristine” condition, was found by a team of divers mapping the ocean floor for UNESCO.

Isolated coral reef surprises scientists by healing itself. ... creating sperm and egg that form embryos that then land on the ocean floor and grow into adult corals, if all goes well.

Color is one of the most distinguishing features of a coral reef.Corals are colorful primarily due to the pigments produced by the proteins inside of the coral, that reflect a variety of light.