To help rare elkhorn corals survive in Florida waters, coral researchers should place them in shallow ocean locations with fast currents, scientists at the University of Miami NOAA Cooperative ...

VEGA BAJA — Ricardo Laureano suspected there was something special about the elkhorn corals in the El Eco reef, in northern Puerto Rico. In his 16 years of protecting and monitoring their growth ...

To help rare elkhorn corals survive in Florida waters, coral researchers should place them in shallow ocean locations with fast currents, scientists explained in a recent publication. To help rare ...

Instead, they prioritized staghorn coral, which resemble skinny deer antlers, and elkhorn coral, which look like thick moose antlers. These corals can grow quickly and can asexually form new ...

“I’m not sure they make that claim, but I haven’t seen that before in the literature.” Elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata), found in reefs throughout the Caribbean coast, grows in long, fractal-like ...

The Elkhorn coral, Acropora palmata, grows into large stands via polyp budding and fragmentation so that many colonies belong to the same clone or genet. During growth, mutations can accumulate in ...

Yet due to global warming, already-delicate coral reefs throughout the Caribbean and along the coast of Florida are vanishing at unprecedented rates. Thanks to a scientific petition the Center ...

Home to silky sharks, myriad fish, and the critically endangered elkhorn coral, the reef teems with life and vibrancy. This story appears in the November 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine.

Yet due to global warming, already-delicate coral reefs throughout the Caribbean and along the coast of Florida are vanishing at unprecedented rates. Thanks to a scientific petition the Center ...