Almost half of all warm-water species of coral are threatened with extinction -- and climate change is the chief culprit, a ...

Conservation status for warm-water reef-building corals was analysed for the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s ...

When a new tropical system passes the Florida Keys this week, its thermal benefit to coral reefs can be tracked in real time.

shallow waters in tropical areas. Its analysis found that 892 reef-building coral species are now considered threatened, ...

Climate change is decimating the likelihood of survival for a large portion of the world's coral reefs, according to new ...

Coral larvae reduce their metabolism and increase nitrogen uptake to resist bleaching in high temperatures, according to a new study.

Coral reefs are some of the richest and most imperiled ecosystems on the planet. But maybe they aren’t as close to the brink ...

Coral larvae reduce their metabolism and increase nitrogen uptake to resist bleaching at high temperatures, according to a ...

Researchers have found evidence that mangrove forests—which protect tropical and subtropical coastlines—are drowning in the ...

(left) The lead author of the study surveys a coral reef in Kāne‘ohe Bay, Hawai‘i (image: Shayle Matsuda). (middle) Colonies of the study species, Montipora capitata, releasing gametes during a ...

Research reveals that coral larvae combat high temperatures by lowering their metabolism and boosting nitrogen uptake, averting bleaching. This adaptive strategy enhances their survival by conserving ...