Coral reefs are made up mostly of coral colonies like these. Corals are live animals made up of a colony of individual "polyps." Each polyp produces a hard skeleton in a cuplike shape for protection ...

A new study by scientists investigating the impact of 2023’s record-breaking marine heatwave on Florida’s coral reef has ...

A coral species believed to be extinct, Rhizopsammia wellingtoni, believed to be extinct for 24 years was recently ...

Rising global sea levels may actually be beneficial to the long-term future of coral reef islands, such as the Maldives, according to new research. Low-lying coral reef islands are typically less than ...

Red Sea coral reefs get their complex shape from an ancient 'seabed template', say scientists. Their distinctive appearance can be seen clearly in satellite images of the region and has its origin in ...

If you’re not afraid of ghosts, try visiting the warm, shallow depths of the ocean. What you’ll find there should frighten everyone. Once lush and vibrantly colored, many of these areas are now vast, ...

A new book by Margaret and Christine Wertheim shows how art and math can go hand-in-hand in an explosion of colorful crocheted coral reefs. Margaret Wertheim in the Föhr Reef, Museum Kunst der ...