Imagine diving beneath the waves into a world bursting with color—where intricate coral structures form underwater cities ...

T o help rare elkhorn corals survive in Florida waters, coral researchers should place them in shallow ocean locations with fast currents, scientists at the University of Miami NOAA Cooperative ...

Instead, they prioritized staghorn coral, which resemble skinny deer antlers, and elkhorn coral, which look like thick moose antlers. These corals can grow quickly and can asexually form new ...

Elkhorn grown in the lab is considered a diva among scientists trying to save coral reefs, particularly sensitive and thus hard to get to thrive when replanted in the real ocean. Researchers at ...

Yet due to global warming, already-delicate coral reefs throughout the Caribbean and along the coast of Florida are vanishing at unprecedented rates. Thanks to a scientific petition the Center ...

Home to silky sharks, myriad fish, and the critically endangered elkhorn coral, the reef teems with life and vibrancy. This story appears in the November 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine.

have caused major declines in coral populations, especially affecting staghorn (Acropora cervicornis) and Elkhorn (A. palmata) corals, which play a ... Red Coral Colonies Survive a Decade After ...

If the world wants coral reefs and soft sand beaches in the future it will have to grow them itself, argues visiting ...

have caused major declines in coral populations, especially affecting staghorn (Acropora cervicornis) and Elkhorn (A. palmata) corals, which play a crucial role in reef ecosystems. Despite efforts ...

The cycling tour promoted by the government could alter the habitat of these endangered species and, consequently, the services they offer ...

“I’m not sure they make that claim, but I haven’t seen that before in the literature.” Elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata), found in reefs throughout the Caribbean coast, grows in long, fractal-like ...

Yet due to global warming, already-delicate coral reefs throughout the Caribbean and along the coast of Florida are vanishing at unprecedented rates. Thanks to a scientific petition the Center ...