Known as crustose coralline algae or red algae, these species coat rocks much like lichen on an alpine cliff. They emit a ...

Coral reefs are vital to marine life and biodiversity and protect coastal communities from storms and flooding, but much of ...

A whopping 84% of coral reefs are affected by the latest global bleaching event, which is the worst on record.

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

Feb. 12, 2025 — Researchers are designing a global real-time monitoring system to help save the world's coral reefs from further decline, primarily due to bleaching caused by global ...

Australia's coral reefs, including the lesser-known subtropical systems, are hit hard as the world faces its fourth, and ...

A new bioengineered ink dramatically boosts coral larvae settlement. The oceans are getting hotter and coral reefs are ...

Just a few meters beneath the clear, blue waters of Okinawa, reef-building corals known as Scleractinia have quietly lived ...

A new study reveals that heat-tolerant symbiotic algae may be essential to saving elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata) -- a foundational species in Caribbean reef ecosystems -- from the devastating ...

The research showed that while certain corals only tend to inhabit the waters close to the surface, some species survive ...

Finding more heat-resistant coral species could be the key to staving off their extinction as ocean temperatures are expected ...

Coral reefs are known for their vibrant ... Administration announced that we are experiencing the fourth global coral bleaching event—and the second in the past decade.