Learn more about SNAP-X — an bio-inspired gel mimicking the scent of healthy reefs to support coral reef restoration.

If you’re swimming across a thriving coral reef, you may mistakenly believe you floated upon a giant underwater human brain. Brain coral is a hard coral, also known as a stony coral or reef builder.

Known as crustose coralline algae or red algae, these species coat rocks much like lichen on an alpine cliff. They emit a ...

If you're hoping that reef-restoring coral larvae will settle down in damaged reefs, you can't just sit around and wait for ...

The study analyzes the spatial distribution patterns of "grazing halos" surrounding coral reefs. Around the world, coral ...

Industry Insight from Ethical Corporation Magazine, a part of Thomson Reuters. January 21 - The world’s coral reefs are in the midst of an ecological crisis. These vital ecosystems, home to a ...

We know that noisy reefs are healthy, but carefully listening to the sounds made by fish, invertebrates and humans underwater can help us understand the details better, such as changing diversity, ...

This study measured the growth rate of coral reefs in Honaunau Bay, Hawaii, using on-site data gathering and aerial imagery. Researchers found that the reefs are being eroded by sea urchin populations ...

SNAP-X releases scents that attract larvae to help sustain coral reefs in the ocean, according to UCSD's Scripps Institution ...

Finding more heat-resistant coral species could be the key to staving off their extinction as ocean temperatures are expected ...

What coral researchers could really use is a computer model that simulates how polyps grow into complex structures from simple physical rules. Such a tool could help them understand how reef ...

Photo by Arthur Evans You’ve heard that coral reefs are in big trouble and might ... was formerly the staff reporter for Smithsonian magazine. Email Powered by Salesforce Marketing Cloud ...