Coral bleaching isn’t just an ocean crisis. Here’s how the global event endangers food security, local jobs—and the land itself. Sea water divides the sunset and a ghost land of corals in New Ireland, ...

New York — They are animals without eyes or the ability to speak, but if the live corals at the New York Aquarium could talk, they would have quite a story. Aaron Brett, a coral expert with the ...

SAN ANDRÉS, Colombia — Nearly 50 years after she first put on a wetsuit, Elvira Alvarado still remembers coming upon a coral reef off Colombia's Caribbean coast. "Everything was alive. And it was ...

A new “hairy” deep-sea coral species has been named after Chewbacca. Researchers were reminded of the Star Wars character after the discovery in the tropical western Pacific. The coral, named ...

In 2023, a University of Miami Rosenstiel School scientist collects healthy coral off Key Biscayne as part of an research effort to better understand the heat tolerance of certain coral species and ...

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). “Can you hear that sound like pouring milk on Rice Krispies? It’s the snapping shrimp — they have one massive claw and one small one.

Marine biologist Elvira Alvarado, known as the "mother of coral". At 70, she's still diving and pioneering a type of coral IVF to help save endangered reefs. (John Otis | NPR) SAN ANDRÉS, Colombia — ...