Coral reefs have existed on earth for about 450 million years. Australia's Great Barrier Reef is the largest in the world, stretching across 2,028 kilometers (1,260 miles). Back ...

Understanding how far Great Barrier Reef corals are from their parents could be key to identifying and protecting at-risk ...

As many reef passes are found to form near large island river basins, researchers had previously assumed a relationship existed between the two. However, the theory remained unpro ...

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An urgent rescue operation is underway to save Florida coral species from extinction as a mass bleaching event and die-off from unprecedented water temperatures spreads across reefs in the the ...