As global warming causes temperatures to rise in oceans across the globe, it will be critical to discover novel ways to identify reef corals that are susceptible or tolerant to future heating for ...

Coral reefs may seem like paradise, but they are being degraded by a range of global and local factors, including climate change, poor water quality, and overfishing. New research reveals that ...

Neighbors can be annoying. They may be loud or intrude on your space. But is it worth fighting with them? Parrotfish choose not to. In a new study published Aug. 28 in the journal Ecology, a CU ...

Dr. Kenkel is a marine biologist who has been studying Caribbean coral reefs since 2006. Since 2018, my lab has transplanted hundreds of coral specimens to reefs in Florida to study what makes them ...

A coral reef is an underwater ecosystem of reef-building corals. Reefs are made of colonies of thousands of individual organisms called coral polyps which are held together by calcium carbonate. Reefs ...

In a landmark effort to combat the devastating effects of climate change, a new global alliance with key leadership from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa has been established to create a "Noahʻs Ark ...

Harmful bleaching of the world's coral has grown to include 84% of the ocean's reefs in the most intense event of its kind in recorded history, the International Coral Reef Initiative announced ...

From quick hits to deep dives, this Mashable series cuts through the noise to explain what on Earth is going on and what you should know about it. A coral farm in the Bahamas is proving that the most ...

A Honduran coral reef withstood a century of pollution and disease. It could be used to restore dying Caribbean reefs—if scientists can figure out how it survived. Despite being exposed to decades of ...

Coral reefs, once thriving underwater cities teeming with life, now face an unprecedented crisis. Scientists have declared that coral reefs have become the first major environmental system on Earth to ...

As Hurricane Fiona left a swath of destruction across the Caribbean and North Atlantic this past week, it was a reminder of the devastating power of coastal storms. Scientists are predicting more ...