Rows of tanks filled with liquid nitrogen sit in temperature-controlled chambers at Sydney's Taronga zoo, cradling parts of ...

The hard version of coral polyps produces limestone that is used to form layer after layer of a rigid coral skeleton. Groups ...

Two of the world’s most ubiquitous species of reef-building corals seem surprisingly able to survive and even cope well with climate change, according to a new study—at least so long as global ...

They cluster into colonies and ultimately create the foundation for a reef to form, giving soft corals and many other marine species a place to call home. These magnificently grooved creatures, from ...

Some 44% of the world’s warm-water, reef-building coral species are facing risk of extinction, according to the latest update by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. This is a significant ...

Corals are being hit so hard by global warming that the only way to save reef ecosystems may be to replace native species with more heat-tolerant ones from elsewhere in the world. That is the view ...

Scientists urge divers, recreational charters, residents and visitors exploring the waters of South Florida to look for an invasive soft coral species that has been reported on the nearby ...

It turned out to be a new species. Researchers spent several years visiting multiple sites in southern Japan and northern Taiwan in search of corals, according to a study published June 24 in the ...

They collected some of the corals and, taking a closer look, realized they’d discovered a new species: Ofwegenum coronalucis, or Ofwegen’s crown of light soft coral. Crown of light soft corals ...

Coral reefs provide many benefits for ecosystems — supporting 25% of all marine species and acting as hotbeds for biodiversity — as well as the communities in which they are located. The reefs protect ...