The marine heatwave that gripped Florida in 2023 was hotter than anything Florida has seen in 150 years, and claimed at least two victims — species of corals now marked ‘functionally extinct’ from ...

Coral reefs are one of the most diverse ecosystems on the planet. What are the abiotic and biotic interactions that structure this diverse ecosystem? Corals are members of the phylum Cnidaria, a ...

A new species of coral named after the “Star Wars” character Chewbacca was found in waters off Molokai as well as near the Mariana Trench. “Normally the branches are stiff and they stick out from the ...

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With another El Niño expected in 2026, only a short time after the last one, many reefs will not have had sufficient time to ...

The announcement comes on the heels of a reassessment of the IUCN's Red List, which keeps tabs on the status of 892 warm-water coral species. In 2008, a third of them were threatened. As of the ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Carly D. Kenkel, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences; Jenna Dilworth, ...

A massive black coral, measuring 4 meters high and 4.5 meters wide, has been found by researchers exploring the underwater ...

Healthy corals, like this one in Puerto Rico, have color. Bleached corals appear white. By Seán Kinane/WMNF News (2015). In early June 2023, the coral reefs in the lower Florida Keys and the Dry ...

A coral outcrop on Australia's Great Barrier Reef. A new project led by UC Santa Barbara, including UC Davis biologist Rachael Bay, will study how coral can resist and repair itself from damage caused ...

A UM Rosenstiel School scientist fills out a bleaching survey as she assess the health of the coral population on Paradise Reef during a Rescue A Reef coral restoration dive out of Diver’s Paradise ...