coral

Researchers are producing new corals using the genes of those more resilient to heat. They've established two gene banks and are doing cooling experiments.

Florida's coral reef has been beset by warming seas and rampaging disease. Now, one study has found coral resistant to one of the deadliest diseases ever recorded.

The researchers are looking for ways to help reefs survive global warming. The work could provide a blueprint for working across the Caribbean to share corals.

Finding more heat-resistant coral species could be the key to staving off their extinction as ocean temperatures are expected to continue rising.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced the listing Monday of the very rare coral.

The remotely operated vehicle, called Taurus, has a mission in late July. It will be able to take tissue samples from sharks and help repair coral communities.

Barely one-fifth of the staghorn corals survived, and elkhorn corals weren't even found at two of the five reefs surveyed.

University of Miami scientists are trying to provide a genetic lifeline to Florida’s ailing reef, hoping to outpace a wave of lethal bleaching spreading from the Florida Keys.

The scorching waters could already be spelling trouble for vulnerable corals ahead of the hottest part of summer.

A group of scientists and volunteers in Key West is taking steps to revitalize local coral reefs.Key West’s Mote Marine Lab is heading up an effort to…