The corals that are seeing the worst of it are a cylindrical-looking branching coral called Briareum abestinum, commonly ...

By Liz Kimbrough When Morgan Bennett-Smith descended to a familiar reef in the central Red Sea in September 2023, he expected ...

Coral reefs around the world are experiencing a mass bleaching event as the climate crisis drives record-breaking ocean heat, two scientific bodies announced Monday - with some experts warning this ...

An exceptional "dual feeding" strategy underlies a Mediterranean coral's resilience to rising sea temperatures, according to ...

It's official: we no longer live on a planet with temperatures that can sustain warm-water coral reefs. This is the first of ...

Warming oceans have brought a record level of toxic compounds to the world’s coral reefs. That’s bad news for seafood production and marine life as a whole. Coral reefs are sometimes dubbed ...

The Coral Triangle is an extremely biodiverse patch of ocean around the Philippines and Papua New Guinea. Its relatively ...

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 ...

Some irreversible climate harms are already happening to the planet, researchers are warning ahead of this year’s global ...

The impacts of warming global temperatures are having a catastrophic effect on the planet's coral reefs, a new report has concluded. Released Wednesday, the findings from the International Coral Reef ...

Explore the connection between sea cucumbers and coral reef health, and their importance in marine conservation efforts.

With coral bleaching making headlines these days, folks may be wondering why the topic is so important. Here’s why: Coral bleaching is a phenomenon that causes corals to expel their zooxanthellae – ...