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One of the world’s largest deep-sea coral reefs discovered off Argentina

Biologist Erik Cordes has spent much of his career studying cold-water reefs — coral systems typically found in chilly, dark waters far below the ocean’s surface. But his latest pr...

Coral reefs are secretly connected across oceans. Scientists think it's key to their survival

A new study study used ocean circulation models to tracking the movement of coral larvae across 850 reefs. Here's what it found.

Coral Reefs in Crisis: Understanding Coral Reef Bleaching, Ocean Warming, and the Future of Reef Restoration

Coral reefs face ocean warming and coral reef bleaching, with reef restoration offering hope for recovery. This article explains the causes, impacts, and real‑world restoration e...

What scientists found inside coral reefs could change the future of medicine

Beneath the beauty of coral reefs lies a hidden universe of microbes unlike anything scientists expected. Each coral species supports its own specialized microbial partners, many o...

Coral Reef Skyscraper Discovery Amazes Scientists

Towering detached coral reef discovered as tall as the Empire State Building at 500m high is discovered. Its the first major coral discovery in 120 years just off Cape York on th...

Scientists Discover Coral Reefs Are Teeming With Previously Unknown Life

Scientists are uncovering a hidden layer of coral reef ecosystems, one dominated not by visible marine life, but by vast and largely unexplored microbial communities. An internatio...

Can Coral be Bred for Better Tolerance to Heatwaves?

 [By Liam Lachs, Adriana Humanes and James Guest]As global warming accelerates, extreme heatwaves are causing widespread death of tropical reef corals...

Saving Coral Reefs at Sinai’s Blue Hole

  Egypt is currently moving forward with a redevelopment plan for the Blue Hole area in Sinai, aiming to attract tourists while protecting the delicate coral reefs that make the si...

Conservationists Install Artificial Reefs Where Corals Once Stood

Miles of coral reef around Pom Pom Island in Malaysia have been ruined by climate change and blast fishing. A conservation group hopes to restore the area by installing concrete st...

See the first stunning images of a massive coral reef that has lain hidden for decades

These incredible corals form what may be one of the world’s largest reef systems—and researchers have a plan to restore it

Deep Water Coral May Be More Susceptible to Climate Change

Researchers have discovered that deep ocean coral may be more susceptible to climate change than previously thought.

Can Concrete Molds Revive Coral Reefs Ruined by Bombs and Climate Change?

In a devastated section of the Coral Triangle in the Pacific Ocean, a conservation group is trying to build an artificial reef.

Saving coral reefs will require ruthless selection over generations to beat future heat waves

Assisted evolution could help corals survive future heat waves, but careful trait choice and strong repeated selection will be needed for it to be effective. As global temperatures...

Indonesia to conserve coral reefs in ‘debt-for-nature’ deal

Proyecto Unomia alerta que el coral invasor ya afecta el 80% de las costas de Mochima en Anzoátegui

La expansión del coral invasor Unomia stolonifera continúa generando alarma ambiental en el oriente venezolano. El equipo de Proyecto Unomia aseguró que alrededor del 80% de las co...

Study Outlines New Coral Restoration Methods

A new study has demonstrated a new approach to coral restoration, aiming to address the often difficult early life stage of coral development, when many baby corals struggle to sur...

Coral taps into 1980s nostalgia for 'Rewards grabber' game

The work is part of the brand’s “We’re here for it platform” by Wonderhood Studios.

Coral reefs on a remote archipelago shrugged off a massive heatwave

Scientists were shocked to find that the Houtman Abrolhos Islands’ coral reefs survived a prolonged extreme heatwave in 2025 virtually unharmed, which may reveal how to protect cor...

How Corals Stir Seawater

Author(s): Vivek N. PrakashA new model explains how the microscopic hairs carpeting corals coordinate their beating to shape fluid flow.[Physics 19, 76] Published Tue May 26, 2026

Comment: Assisted coral evolution

Writing for The Conversation, Dr Liam Lachs, Dr Adriana Humanes and Dr James Guest, discuss how how accelerating evolution could help corals survive future heatwaves.

Massive reef expansion 20 million years ago may explain modern coral life's origins

New research published in Science Advances reveals that the largest expansion of coral reefs in the past 100 million years happened about 20 to 10 million years ago, between Austra...

Trait choice and selection key to helping corals survive heatwaves

Assisted evolution could help corals survive future heatwaves, but careful trait choice and strong repeated selection will be needed for it to be effective.

Coral reefs are nearing extinction. 2026 must mark a turning point | Jason Momoa

At 1.5C of global warming, up to 90% of coral reefs could be lost. The next few months could be a defining momentWhere I come from – Hawai’i – the reef isn’t just something you loo...

Soundtrack of the sea: divers use underwater speakers to help dying coral reefs

Divers are installing waterproof speakers in the ocean to help pull a coral reef near Jamaica back from the brinkThe northern coast of Jamaica once served as the backdrop for scene...