An algorithm developed by a Florida Tech graduate student creates a new ecological survey method that allows scientists to unlock important historical data from a vast trove of coral-reef photographs ...

Researchers from Japan and Thailand investigating microplastics in coral have found that all three parts of the coral anatomy—surface mucus, tissue, and skeleton—contain microplastics. The findings ...

While many Indonesian reefs have remained surprisingly stable despite decades of ocean warming, this resilience has its ...

After years of gloom and doom, scientists and global activists no longer believe that the world’s coral reefs are facing a ...

Scientists’ discovery of hollowed coral skeletons after a 2019 bleaching event reveals a reef that isn’t coming back.

Probiotics have been shown to help the microbiome of humans, now researchers, including a Colombian biologist, are working to help corals microbiomes as well. Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) ...

Coral reefs, often called the rainforests of the sea, are among the most biologically diverse and ecologically important ecosystems on Earth. Despite covering less than 1% of the ocean floor, they ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American On Tuesday we had our first dive in ...

While Indonesia’s reefs demonstrate a remarkable natural tolerance to heat stress, a long-term national strategy is needed to ...