An exceptional "dual feeding" strategy underlies a Mediterranean coral's resilience to rising sea temperatures, according to ...

Healthy colonies of a species of a black stony coral were found in January 2024. The coral had been last documented by researchers in 2000 and was thought to be extinct. Scientists will now be able to ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Recent reports suggest that stony coral tissue loss disease, which ...

These coral species are endemic to the archipelago, which means it is only found within the island group. Despite being an ...

Discover the non-antibiotic solutions used to combat stony coral tissue loss disease. Coral reefs face a crisis with stony coral tissue loss disease, but there's hope in alternative treatments. Dr.

A coral species believed to be extinct, Rhizopsammia wellingtoni, believed to be extinct for 24 years was recently ...

A coral reef in Belize showing dead coral, living healthy elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata), both diseased and healthy symmetrical brain corals (Pseudodiploria strigosa), and a spotfin butterflyfish.

A new study into the 7-year stony coral disease outbreak decimating reefs from Florida to the Caribbean has found the disease can be lurking in sand on the ocean floor and rapidly spread lethal ...

A diver applies antibiotics to an elliptical star coral with stony coral tissue loss disease in the Tortugas. As stony coral disease carved a catastrophic path along Florida’s reef tract and parts of ...

Divers monitoring coral reefs off St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands in January noticed something alarming: Big white lesions were eating into the colorful tissues of hundreds of stony corals. Some ...

Technician Yesmarie De La Flor prepares a culture of probiotic bacteria in the Smithsonian Marine Station’s microbiology laboratory in Fort Pierce, Florida. These probiotics were used for further ...