Thanks to a scientific petition the Center submitted, elkhorn and staghorn corals gained federal ... We've also sued to protect these delicate corals from the overfishing of fish that eat marine algae ...

Thanks to a scientific petition the Center submitted, elkhorn and staghorn corals gained federal ... We've also sued to protect these delicate corals from the overfishing of fish that eat marine algae ...

In the summer of 1983, hundreds of square meters of graceful elkhorn coral on the floor of the Caribbean Sea began collapsing from disease and became overrun by a green carpet of algae. Within a few ...

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.

Jan. 10, 2025 — To help rare elkhorn corals survive in ... 2024 — Artificial light can wake sleeping fish and attract predators, changing nighttime coral reef communities, according to new ...

That’s how typical reef-building corals, like the iconic elkhorn and staghorn species, with their antler-like appearance, produce offspring. That’s how they’ve been doing it for millions of ...

Managed by the National Park Service, the island is fringed with a barrier reef chock full of tropical fish and elkhorn coral. On land, you'll find a subtropical hardwood forest. A few trails ...

After two years of record-breaking ocean heat, scientists are assessing the impacts of the world's fourth mass bleaching ...