One of the ways coral reacts to abnormal sea temperatures is by expelling tiny algae that lives in its tissues, a process that drives the type of bleaching events that have devastated Australia’s ...

Warmer oceans are putting stress on corals—and causing many of them to turn white, or bleach. But some corals under stress are instead becoming strangely colorful, turning brilliant neon pink, yellow, ...

Coral bleaching has been occurring worldwide, posing a significant threat to marine biodiversity. Worse, there is the ...

Scientists have found three new species of sun corals off Sung Kong and Waglan islands in the eastern waters of Hong Kong. The discovery of these orange, violet and green corals brings the number of ...

On a clear, calm night in the waters of Australia's Great Barrier Reef last week, local photographers slipped into scuba gear, grabbed underwater cameras, and dove into a colorful underwater snowstorm ...

Acropora corals with colorful bleaching in New Caledonia. (Photo courtesy The Ocean Agency / XL Catlin Seaview Survey) (CN) — Some coral reefs are adapting to warming ocean temperatures by making ...

A deadly disease is thriving in warmer waters, creating an uncertain future for the Florida coast. Now, the government is putting aside differences to effect change. Volunteers are making a huge ...

As oceans warm due to climate change, some coral reefs have been devastated in recent years by bleaching events that cause them to die and damage the biodiversity that depends on them. Multiple ...

Nothing on a Hawaiian coral reef is more impressive than a three-foot-tall antler coral. These large corals grow up out of the top of the lava reef, looking like giant underwater trees with spreading ...

A coral's color can tell of its resilience to climate change, and a new study has shed light on the underlying genetic factors that may be at work behind this. Anyone who visits the Great Barrier Reef ...

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