Could coral on these more protected reefs adapt fast enough to take advantage of cool upwellings? If so, could heat-adapted coral larvae repopulate worse-hit areas? We don't know yet. If they ...

Scientists have developed a novel tool designed to protect and conserve coral reefs by providing them with an abundance of ...

Coral reefs are filled with colorful ocean life ... in one massive bleaching event back in 2005. If we do nothing to cool the oceans, the planet’s remaining coral could all be wiped out.

A new study has found that nearly half the coral trout caught on the Great Barrier Reef come from marine reserves—where ...

Most corals are colonial animals - superorganisms comprising lots of smaller organisms - made up of multitudes sea anemone-like coral polyps. In the reef-building "hard corals", the polyps sit in ...

For months, the corals sat in temperature-controlled tanks in the shadow of the gulf’s bay until the waters were cool enough ... a senior reef restoration associate at the Coral Restoration ...

Mars, researchers and the local community work together to maximize the ecological benefits of rebuilding coral reefs Coral reefs occupy only 0.1% of the Earth’s ocean floor yet support 25% of ...

While these fishes are very small, recent work has shown that they may play vital roles as abundant prey at the foundations coral reef food webs. However, our knowledge of the roles of cryptobenthic ...