Once a year, typically after sunset in the late summer, the coral baby-making process begins. Large colonies of coral spawn, spewing out sperm and eggs, often in pea-size bundles, that drift around ...

Benji previously worked as a wildlife researcher. Once a year, typically after sunset in the late summer, the coral baby-making process begins. Large colonies of coral spawn, spewing out sperm and ...

If ocean conservation interests you, and you know how to scuba dive, you can participate in coral gardening. You’ll help restore the reef by cleaning baby coral, removing small coral pieces from ...

Coral reefs are marine structures created by calcifying coral animals and their algal symbionts. Coral reef ecosystems are generally high in biodiversity, most often found in shallow tropical seas ...

Florida Coral Rescue Center biologist Justin Zimmerman explains why coral reefs are important to Florida's economy and how they protect the coastline. Marine scientists tracked coral colonies in a ...

Skai Jackson's taking on a new role: mom. The former Disney Channel star has given birth to her first baby with her boyfriend, who she has never publicly identified. Skai shared a photo of their ...

A form of coral known as the "bent sea rod" experiencing bleaching off Florida's coast in 2014. Credit: US Geological Survey Scientists in Australia have observed unprecedented coral bleaching ...

Scientists have found that coral bleaching on Australia's Great Barrier Reef has reached "catastrophic" levels. More than 40% of corals monitored near an island in the southern reef were killed ...

When you imagine a coral, it's probably not walking around. In fact, by most accounts, corals are sessile, meaning they are fixed to the surface of their habitat, often the reef built from the bones ...

Record ocean heat has taken a devastating toll on one of the world’s greatest natural wonders, with coral bleaching on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef reaching “catastrophic” levels, a new study has ...

According to the study, coral bleaching is reaching “catastrophic” levels, with more than 50% of the corals monitored in the reef’s south killed last year during the most “severe and widespread ...