Scientists from the University of Miami, the Florida Aquarium, and Tela Marine in Honduras are transplanting crossbred coral fragments onto a reef off Miami's coast.

The Collapse of the World’s Coral Reefs is “Death by a Thousand Cuts” A marine ecologist on the impacts of losing this ecological “canary in the coal mine.

An international team of scientists have completed the world’s second and largest survey of soft corals, using more than 4,400 museum specimens collected over the past two decades. Their ...

NOAA recently reported that the largest coral bleaching event on record is impacting 84% of the world’s reefs, including the U.S.

This is what allows the distribution of corals to shift over time, and the fossil record shows coral reef expansions have happened before, Vogt-Vincent notes.

Florida coral reef: Will fishing council let rock shrimp nets drag the rare Oculina Bank? The Oculina Bank coral reef, found nowhere else in the world, is thousands of years old and habitat for ...

Shrimping also would stir up muddy sediment that could blanket the reef, Reed said. Shrimpers want to open reef: Would Florida rock shrimp trawlers damage protected Oculina Bank coral reef?

The Hawaiian Great Reef Census pilot brings together everyday people, scientists, and cutting-edge technology to gather crucial information on the health of coral ecosystems.

Rows of tanks filled with liquid nitrogen sit in temperature-controlled chambers at Sydney's Taronga zoo, cradling parts of the Great Barrier Reef's diverse and magnificent corals frozen in time.

There might be an upside to the loss of coral reefs. Their decline would mean oceans can absorb up to 5 per cent more carbon dioxide by 2100, researchers estimate, slowing the build up of this ...

Most of the world’s coral reefs, and the communities that directly depend on them, are in the tropics, so one might imagine the research on them being led by scientists and institutions based in ...

Coral reefs in Honolulu and other coastal areas are undergoing what experts say is the world's worst coral bleaching event.