As many reef passes are found to form near large island river basins, researchers had previously assumed a relationship existed between the two. However, the theory remained unpro ...

Climate change has already caused significant declines in coral reef coverage globally and is expected to do much further ...

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

Tropical coral reefs encrust the coastlines of islands and continents near Earth’s equator but this zone, which has offered sufficient light and warmth for corals to evolve over hundreds of millions ...

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

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

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A team of scientists from the University of Miami, the Florida Aquarium and Tela Marine in Honduras is working together to transplant crossbred coral fragments onto a reef off Miami’s coastline that ...

To compare fossilized and modern reefs, scientists collected, quantified and measured thousands of skeletal remains, ...

Divers are getting excited about the planned sinking of the SS United States. The once glorious luxury ocean liner is slated to become a coral reef.

If new coral reefs form there as the waters warm, these areas might act as refuges for tropical corals, reducing the corals' risk of extinction,” he says.