In mid-2023, the Caribbean Sea simmered as air temperatures soared, marking the hottest days ever recorded in Puerto Rico and ...

Rebuilding degraded coral reefs started as a noble endeavor, but now some coral scientists are confronting a dark reality.

If calamity strikes our planet, a team at the Smithsonian argues that the only way to protect the DNA of at-risk creatures is ...

A similar concept was outlined in 2021 by a group of researchers at the University of Arizona, who presented a paper for a "modern ... existence helps sustain coral reefs. For the test, the ...

May 9, 2024 — After a century of functional extinction on the Australian mainland, a Flat oyster reef has been successfully restored along a metropolitan Adelaide ... Stony Coral Tissue Loss ...

In Puerto Rico and other hard-hit places, marine researchers are trying to restore reefs and make corals more resilient — with some recent success.

Coral reefs face unprecedented threats from climate change. As of August 20, 2024, 75.0% of coral reefs worldwide have been ...