Scientists warn that assisted evolution may be too slow to save coral reefs as ocean heat waves intensify and climate change ...

Scientists call for a major acceleration in coral assisted evolution research to help reefs cope with rapidly warming oceans.

Dania Beach, Fla. — Scientists have moved about 300 endangered sea corals from South Florida to the Texas Gulf Coast for research and restoration. Nova Southeastern University and Texas A&M University ...

Corals have developed a sophisticated internal fan system to protect themselves from climate change, a study has revealed. Coral reefs are under threat from coral bleaching, which eventually leads to ...

A wave of recent studies is rewriting what scientists know about coral strength, and the findings are already shaping how engineers design artificial reefs and coastal defenses. Researchers have ...

A new study has shown that selective breeding can lead to a modest rise in coral heat tolerance. Led by experts at Newcastle University's Coralassist Lab, the study documents the world's first effort ...

Hidden on the ocean floor off the coast of Argentina is a coral colony that is absolutely bursting with life. Researchers ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

My week of restoring coral with Prada.

A surprising amount of plastic pollution in the ocean may wind up in a previously overlooked spot: the skeletons of living corals. Up to about 20,000 metric tons of tiny fragments called microplastics ...

Armed with scrub brushes, young scuba divers took to the waters of Florida’s Alligator Reef in late July to try to help corals struggling to survive 2023’s extraordinary marine heat wave. They ...

Researchers have documented that corals can pass mutations acquired during their lifetimes to their offspring, providing increased genetic diversity for potential evolutionary adaptation. In a ...