Researchers have detected traces of ten common medications in coral samples from the Gulf of Eilat in the Red Sea, raising alarms about the impact of human pharmaceutical use on marine ecosystems.

An underwater investigation of coral bleaching in the South Pacific By Justin Worland | Photographs by XL Catlin Seaview Survey Richard Vevers has traveled the globe to photograph coral reefs ...

Sep. 20, 2024 — Researchers have found microplastics less than 300 m in size in coral skeletons. The team developed a new protocol to extract and detect microplastics and applied it to coral ...

Several meters underwater off the coast of Bonaire, a small island in the south Caribbean, Danielle de Kool floated in place in front of a large head of boulder brain coral. The pattern across its ...

Coral reefs cover less than 0.1% of our ocean, but they are home to 25% of its wildlife and provide livelihoods, food security and protection from tropical storms for an estimated 850 million people ...

As record ocean heat threatens corals off Florida and across the globe, conservationists are shifting their strategy Share Comment Add to your saved stories Save Warning: This graphic requires ...

Earth belonged to the corals first. And over hundreds of millions of years, they proved themselves remarkably good at adapting to each new version of the planet. As other groups of organisms ...

A new theory explains how juvenile crown-of-thorns sea stars (commonly known as starfish) can destabilize coral reefs. The 'degraded reef framework' explains how the loss of live coral ...

Smooth flower corals bred and grown to maturity at Mote Marine Laboratory’s International Coral Gene Bank successfully spawned just 22 months after they were produced by corals from the Florida ...

Staghorn corals, often the first to bleach when the weather warms, are nearing extinction in the Caribbean Sea. Corpus Christi researchers flew across the country this week to pick up hundreds of ...

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