Large pieces of brain coral are washing ashore on Texas beaches, likely due to storms or other underwater disturbances. Brain coral, a slow-growing hard coral, forms important reef habitats in the ...

MIAMI — Off the northern coast of Honduras, thick stands of endangered elkhorn coral have mysteriously defied warming oceans fueled by climate change to blanket the reef with healthy, cocoa-brown ...

After two years of record-breaking ocean heat, scientists are assessing the impacts of the world’s fourth mass bleaching event on coral reefs around the globe. At least 74 countries and territories ...

A coral reef in Belize showing dead coral, living healthy elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata), both diseased and healthy symmetrical brain corals (Pseudodiploria strigosa), and a spotfin butterflyfish.

A preliminary assessment of the impact of an underwater summer heatwave on seven iconic sites on the Florida Reef Tract Feb. 14 initially paints a bleak picture of damage. For example, five of the ...

Vulnerable, young corals in Florida's reef are being protected with biodegradable, 3D-printed cages in an effort to prevent lab-grown coral from being eaten by natural predators at sea. Keri O'Neil, ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Several meters underwater off the coast of Bonaire, a small island in the south ...

Discover the non-antibiotic solutions used to combat stony coral tissue loss disease. Coral reefs face a crisis with stony coral tissue loss disease, but there's hope in alternative treatments. Dr.

Cailyn Joseph, a PhD student in Andrew Baker's lab, organizes brain and elkhorn coral in Honduras before the trip to Miami. MIAMI — Off the northern coast of Honduras, thick stands of endangered ...