New research has revealed alarming coral mortality rates of 92% after last year's bleaching event at Lizard Island on ...

New research is helping to unlock the connections between corals and the dispersal patterns of their offspring, which is ...

Volcanic islands, such as the islands of Hawaii and the Caribbean, are surrounded by coral reefs that encircle an island in a ...

Though thousands of miles from Rarotonga, Brown conducts similar thermal resistance experiments on local eelgrass. She’s been ...

Scientists studied baby corals and found that some species stay very close to their parents while others travel huge ...

The intricate, hidden processes that sustain coral life are being revealed through a new microscope developed by scientists ...

Soft corals in the West Philippine Sea and Benham Bank in the Philippine Rise, which are under threat from China, are among ...

Soft corals, which are members of the class Octocorallia, are major components of marine ecosystems, including coral reefs.

It was a diving trip off the coast of Southern California that sparked the idea for the establishment of Blue Latitudes and its Rigs to Reefs project. Founded by two female marine scientists with a ...

ST. JOHN, U.S. Virgin Islands—Thirty-five feet deep in clear turquoise waters, a three-foot-long yellow underwater robot maneuvers over a coral reef at a popular snorkeling site named Tektite ...

Researchers found that reef passes provide circulation to corals by allowing saltwater and maintain their health by transporting nutrients.