Heat wave hastened by climate change UNESCO-designated South Korean soft coral habitat at risk Species feared at risk from extreme weather due to El Nino Fishing, diving community mourn the decline of ...

New research is helping biologists understand how an overlooked aspect of coral physiology may affect their fate under climate change. At first glance, corals present as little more than colorful ...

On a sweltering afternoon on Virginia Key Beach, field researchers at the University of Miami Rosenstiel School's Coral Restoration Lab rushed from the ocean, carrying plastic crates filled with ...

The reefs scattered throughout the tropics arose only after algae took up full-time residence in coral cells, supplying corals with abundant food and enabling them to build extensive shallow-water ...

A new model explains how the microscopic hairs carpeting corals coordinate their beating to shape fluid flow. Figure 1: Ciliary flows around corals visualized using tracer-particle path lines. The ...

In 2016, documentary filmmakers captured some of the first time-lapse footage of a coral bleaching event. Shot off the coast of Australia, along portions of the Great Barrier Reef, the team visited ...

The life of a coral is complicated. After beginning life drifting or swimming in the water, a coral larva eventually settles to the seafloor. Once anchored, the larva grows into a small, sea ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Mass coral bleaching occurs when unusually warm ocean temperatures disrupt the partnership between corals and the microscopic algae that supply ...

Coral reefs make up less than 1% of ocean habitat but are home to at least 25% of marine species. These incredibly biodiverse ecosystems are increasingly threatened by human actions, including ...

Beneath the surface of one of South Florida’s busiest maritime hubs, Port Everglades, scientists found 10 million corals thriving in and around the main channel traversed daily by cargo and cruise ...

Corals obtain energy in two ways: firstly, through photosynthesis by their symbiotic algae, and secondly by taking up small food particles such as plankton directly from the water. In scientific terms ...