A coral baby boom is underway at The Florida Aquarium’s Coral Conservation and Research Center, where biologists are spawning thousands of new symmetrical brain coral and boulder ...

Researchers have orchestrated a "baby boom" of corals that will help fortify the reef systems off the Florida coasts that ...

Experts say climate change is the No. 1 threat to Florida's coral reefs right now, as they also battle stony coral tissue ...

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 ...

As traditional restoration of reefs fails to counter a coral collapse driven by climate change, scientists are looking toward the industrial-scale production of hardier, factory-bred babies ...

Coral reefs, the crown jewels of the ocean, contain several critically endangered species. Some of them now have a better chance of being meaningfully restored thanks to this game-changing discovery.

New research has revealed a unique mechanism in reef-building corals that allows them to switch their light sensitivity between ultraviolet and visible light using chloride ions from their environment ...

A yellowtail parrotfish swims along a coral reef in Miami, Florida. Parrotfish are important for a reef’s health and are frequent visitors here. CREDIT: Coral City Camera. Get the Popular Science ...

From hotter temperatures that contribute to ocean acidification and coral degradation to instances of coral bleaching caused by a combination of warmer oceans, overfishing and pollution, Caribbean ...