If you live on a sandy beach here in Hawaii then you may come to love the giant finger corals because they just may help save your house from falling into the sea someday soon! Pohaku puna the finger ...

Corals don’t live solitary lives. Their existence depends on one-celled algae called zooxanthellae that take up residence inside those ornate structures. The tiny algae give corals oxygen and other ...

Increased ocean acidity does not slow down growth of the yellow finger corals around Heron Island, researchers have found. This adaptation is most likely a response to the extreme, but natural, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Priya covers the ocean, climate change, and the future of our planet. A team of scientists from Australia and California studied ...

From intensifying wildfires to record-breaking floods year on year, the effects of climate change have manifested in devastating outcomes on ecosystems that threaten species worldwide. One such ...

The corals that are seeing the worst of it are a cylindrical-looking branching coral called Briareum abestinum, commonly known as the “corky sea finger” that sway in the ocean currents. Jones found ...

A modest new lab at the Rosenstiel School is the first of its kind to tackle the global problem of climate change impacts on corals. Fully operational this month, this new lab has begun to study how ...

KANEOHE BAY (Island News) -- Long term research on coral in Kaneohe Bay is unleashing additional insight and perspective. Facing rising concerns including global warming, it's still widely agreed ...

FILE PHOTO: Assorted reef fish swim above a finger coral colony as it grows on the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Cairns, Australia SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian researchers have found coral ...