A new study reveals that more than half of the world's coral reefs are bleached because of ocean warming, with 15% ...

Victoria Glynn’s illustrations show the complex relationships between the coral animal, and the algae and bacteria that live with the coral. Taken together, this is called the coral holobiont. To ...

Coral reefs, worth an estimated $9.8 trillion a year to humanity, are in far worse shape than previously realized. A massive ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Yes, Indiana has coral reefs. More on that in ...

Food chains in the coral reefs of the Caribbean are up to 70% shorter today than in the past, and fish living there have a ...

Coral reefs are often described in scientific terms: ecosystems rich in biodiversity, natural storm barriers, and sources of food and income. Yet for many scientists, the path into reef research did ...

Benefits to society from coral reefs, including fisheries, tourism, coastal protection, pharmaceutical discovery and more, ...

Shorter food chains could mean reefs are less able to weather changes in food availability, threatening an already vulnerable ...

Human activity has lessened the resilience of modern coral reefs by restricting the food-fueled energy flow that moves ...

By Carolyn Cowan Marine scientists compiling the most holistic “snapshot” of Thailand’s coral reefs to date have uncovered evidence of a long-suspected reality: Thailand’s coral reefs are losing ...

Scientists have created an AI model that forecasts moderate heat stress—a major precursor to coral bleaching—at sites along ...