This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. It was originally published at The Conversation. This novel approach involves storing and cooling coral sperm and larvae, or ...

Rhode Island's Northern star coral, Astrangia poculata, is the first hard coral species to undergo successful gene insertion. Researchers manipulated Astrangia's genes, potentially offering insights ...

Erinn Muller should have reason to despair. The marine biologist studies coral health in Florida, a state whose reefs have been devastated by extreme heat, increasingly ferocious hurricanes and deadly ...

Large pieces of brain coral are washing ashore on Texas beaches, likely due to storms or other underwater disturbances. Brain coral, a slow-growing hard coral, forms important reef habitats in the ...

Parts of Australia’s iconic Great Barrier Reef, famed for its stunning colors and biodiversity, suffered the biggest decline of coral on record last year after a marine heatwave bleached vast swathes ...

In-water monitoring by the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) shows hard coral cover across the Great Barrier Reef remains at similar levels to that recorded in 2022, with small decreases ...

A healthy coral reef with both hard corals and softer-bodied relatives at Chinchorro Reef in the Mexican Caribbean Sea. (Photo courtesy of David Paz-Garcia) In 1980, the National Museum of Natural ...