Sixty years after surveyors first uncovered evidence of a sprawling coral reef off the West African nation of Benin, ...

Two research teams have discovered independently that soft corals make a class of molecules called terpenes. Scientists had previously believed that these natural products were made by symbiotic ...

As the world sees rising ocean temperatures, it will also see more cases of coral bleaching. When corals bleach, they become more vulnerable to other stressors such as water pollution. However, many ...

Four years ago Australia’s first offshore coral nursery was planted. Now, the corals are all grown up and have spawned for the first time. The corals (Acropora) were planted in 2017 within Fitzroy ...

Like something out of science fiction, small colonies of mature corals have been safely frozen and revived for the first time, though more work will be needed to ensure their long-term survival, ...

To track the impacts of environmental change and enable conservation efforts, we must first understand the composition of our ...

As global warming causes temperatures to rise in oceans across the globe, it will be critical to discover novel ways to identify reef corals that are susceptible or tolerant to future heating for ...

In a new study, marine biologists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego and Arizona State University are providing a first-of-its-kind glimpse into coral “bleaching” responses to ...