Coral bleaching isn’t just an ocean crisis. Here’s how the global event endangers food security, local jobs—and the land ...

America’s most iconic coral reef is dying. Only one thing will save it. An extreme heat wave has pushed Florida’s reef to the brink — and burned up years worth of progress.

A team of scientists from the University of Miami, the Florida Aquarium and Tela Marine in Honduras is working together to transplant crossbred coral fragments onto ...

Scientists fight to help protect the Florida coral that's dying from heat Marine scientists say record ocean temperatures have sparked widespread coral bleaching in the Florida Keys. The extreme ...

Coral reefs, crucial for marine biodiversity, are suffering immensely from climate change, ocean acidification, pollution, overfishing, and coastal development. Iconic reefs like the Great Barrier ...

Already, divers are reporting corals dying rapidly at locations such as Sombrero Reef and Cheeca Rocks. On July 20, ...

Dying coral. Snorkeling the coral reefs off the Florida Keys in the 1960s and 1970s was like swimming through a kaleidoscope, with colorful algae living among roughly 30 coral species covering the ...

A new handheld microscope lets scientists monitor coral health in real time, underwater, without harming reefs.

“You can’t grow back a 500-year old coral in 15 years,” says Eakin. “In many cases, it’s like you’ve killed the giant redwoods.” The death of coral also represents a huge loss—as ...

Not all coral reefs are dying. Indeed, some are teeming with life. In March, a team of marine biologists was diving off the coast of Cambodia when they witnessed something that filled them with awe.

Scientists from the University of Miami, the Florida Aquarium, and Tela Coral in Honduras are transplanting crossbred coral ...

Scientists have found that coral grows faster on reefs near islands populated by seabirds than those with fewer birds and more rats. It’s all in the poop, which has the right formula of ...