Marine biologist Colin Foord found this fused staghorn coral (Acropora prolifera) in Miami's North Biscayne Bay. The organism, photographed here at night, is expressing an abundance of green ...

Stretching almost 1,500 miles, the Great Barrier Reef is so vast that just 20% has been surveyed. With tourism funding ...

In a delicate operation at sea, healthy staghorn coral were transplanted to a threatened reef off Florida's Broward County coast. In a delicate operation at sea, healthy staghorn coral were ...

Relatives of the sea anemone and every bit as splashy, corals display hues ranging from brilliant orange and deep salmon to pale pink and subtle violet. Often referred to as “rainforests of the sea,” ...

The past three summers have been the worst on record for Florida's coral reefs. To try to restore them, scientists are ...

In a major scientific coup for researchers at the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, transplanted nursery-raised staghorn coral — a threatened species — spawned for the first time.

Russell McLendon is a science writer with expertise in the natural environment, humans, and wildlife. He holds degrees in journalism and environmental anthropology. Staghorn corals are some of the ...

Australian scientists have sequenced the genome of the staghorn coral Acropora millepora, a major component of the Great Barrier Reef and coral reefs worldwide. This is the first animal genome project ...

March 3, 2004 – Although elkhorn and staghorn corals were first declared candidate species in 1991, it wasn't until the Center filed a petition 13 years later that the ball got rolling to grant ...

Staghorn coral is now in decline from climate change and disease Paul Asman and Jill Lenoble/Flickr The species of coral responsible for establishing new reefs is threatened by climate change, ...

Beneath a cloak of darkness, illuminated only by glow sticks and red-filtered flashlights, researchers waited underwater off Key Largo hoping to witness one of the rarest events of sex in the sea.