Tabulata and Rugosa are orders of extinct corals that have been taxonomically described for more than 170 years. They were ...

A coalition of organizations is working together to combat pollution and agricultural runoff, aiming to safeguard the ...

Take a closer look at one of Wakatobi Resort’s most valuable yet often overlooked marine inhabitants: the parrotfish. Among ...

When Palacio and her team examined coral reefs after the 2015–2016 heat wave, they found that particular corals called Pocillopora —the main reef-building coral species in the eastern tropical Pacific ...

After two years of record-breaking ocean heat, scientists are assessing the impacts of the world's fourth mass bleaching ...

Cryopreservation technology preserves genetic coral diversity over decades and even centuries at Mote's Sarasota facility.

Duygu Sevilgen uses extremely small sensors to record the fine details of coral skeletons and listen to their dialogue with ...

A branching coral under pressure from heat and physical damage appears to gain crucial support from a particular ...

Reporting in Proceedings Biological Sciences, researchers found that a species of branching coral benefitted from a ...

Feb. 5, 2025 — A new study of the Great Barrier Reef has revealed that the network of no-take marine reserves supplies nearly half of the region's coral trout fishery ... Jan. 10, 2025 — To ...

In this context, it is easy to see why protecting algae-eating fish has become a cornerstone of coral reef conservation. This paradigm assumes that restoring populations of “grazing” species ...

NHA TRANG, Vietnam (AP) — The gentle waves off the coast of central Vietnam's Nha Trang obscure an open secret: The ...