In a lab at the University of Miami, there are tanks of knobby, tan-colored corals from Florida, Honduras and the Cayman Islands. They've been drafted into a sort of coral Olympics, as scientists look ...
The word “extinct” still shocks the senses when applied to species that play such vital roles in our ecological and economic landscape. So when NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...
MIAMI — Earth just reached its first catastrophic climate tipping point. Coral reefs around the world are facing widespread dieback. “Unless we take radical steps, I fear that we’re going to see the ...
Just off the coast of East Bali in Padangbai, a reef is exploding with fish life. A mysterious orange-green fish with a toothy smile spends 90 percent of the day munching on algae that would otherwise ...
The past three summers have been the worst on record for Florida's coral reefs. To try to restore them, scientists are breeding corals that can... Scientists are using corals from other countries to ...