Creating a way for tourists and casual oceangoers to flag diseased coral is underway as white syndrome threatens reefs around ...

The study stresses the need for data-driven monitoring of reef conditions. Tools like coral colony volume assessments, ...

Scientists from the University of Miami, the Florida Aquarium, and Tela Marine in Honduras are transplanting crossbred coral ...

A Florida State University ecology and evolutionary biologist has discovered that the reproductive methods of individual coral species play a crucial role in their ability to survive, and even thrive, ...

Volcanic islands, such as the islands of Hawaii and the Caribbean, are surrounded by coral reefs that encircle an island in a ...

For people who are not experts, what are the signs of a collapsing reef system? Firstly, less color, because there’s less ...

Fossils from 7,000-year-old Caribbean reefs show a 75% drop in sharks and a rise in prey fish numbers and size.

Probiotics could save the Caribbean's at-risk coral, suggests new research. Probiotics slow the spread of a deadly disease decimating iconic reefs throughout the holiday hotspot, say scientists ...

The news is not uniformly bleak. A global study of coral reefs that seemed wildly ambitious when it launched in 2014 suggests that some coral reefs are showing impressive resilience. Some could even ...

The goal, Montoya-Maya said, is to increase live coral cover on reefs to build back populations and boost their resilience. The situation in the Caribbean isn’t yet as dire as it is off Florida.

Unprecedented warm waters in the Caribbean Sea are triggering the most severe episode of coral bleaching ever recorded in the region, posing a grave threat to the iconic Caribbean coral reefs. NBC ...

The goal, Montoya-Maya said, is to increase live coral cover on reefs to build back populations and boost their resilience. The situation in the Caribbean isn’t yet as dire as it is off Florida.