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 ...

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 ...

Coral reefs exist in more than 100 countries, supporting 25% of marine life and benefitting an estimated 1 billion people. But half of the world’s coral reefs have died since 1950, and the rest could ...

Record levels of heat in the ocean are causing a worldwide mass bleaching event on coral reefs. It's the second one this decade, where the delicate skeletons of corals turn a ghostly white. With mass ...

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, ...

Researchers have orchestrated a "baby boom" of corals that will help fortify the reef systems off the Florida coasts that were heavily degraded as a result of record ocean warming. The Florida ...