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Coral

Urchin perch on live coral (left) with fossil coral, the foundation of the live reef, in the foreground, live reef in the background.

Galapagos discovery offers clues to climate impact on deep-sea corals

Climate Change

Scientists say research into newly found reefs could lead to important conservation efforts

Diver with corals

Transplanting resilient corals may help them survive climate change

Climate Change
FORCE BLUE divers

Some former combat divers are now working to restore ocean health

Environment
Corals

A genetic tool could help scientists identify the most resilient types of corals

Science
Elkhorn coral is one of the main varieties of coral that workers on the northern coast of Puerto Rico have been able to restore following damage done by Hurricane Maria in 2017.

Local NGOs repair Puerto Rico’s coral reefs in Maria’s aftermath

Science
A man snorkels in an area called the "Coral Gardens" near Lady Elliot Island, on the Great Barrier Reef

A successful coral transplant gives scientists hope for the Great Barrier Reef

Environment

In a trial at the reef’s Heron Island off Australia’s east coast, the researchers collected large amounts of coral spawn and eggs late last year, grew them into larvae and then transplanted them into areas of damaged reef.

Elkhorn coral

Coral off the coast of Cuba is flourishing — a rare glimmer of hope for this threatened ecosystem

Environment

Rising ocean temperatures and pollution runoff are bleaching and killing corals in oceans across the globe. But corals in some parts of Cuba are not only surviving, they are thriving.

Healthy corals use chemical signals, or smells, to attract fish. New research has found that corals also send out "distress" signals when they're in trouble.

Coral reefs can communicate with fish, and many of them are crying for help

Environment

With corals in trouble around the world, researchers are examining the role of smell in telling fish to come to a healthy reef or stay away. That may help scientists find ways to manipulate the smells to help damaged reefs recover.

Pat Colin, a marine scientist at the Coral Reef Research Foundation, explores the waters off of the Pacific island nation of Palau for organisms to send to the National Cancer Institute in the U.S.

Scientists search Palau’s coral reefs for new anti-cancer drugs

Environment

One of the more potent reasons for saving species and the environment is that nature is where we find our most powerful medicines. For three decades, a hunt’s been underway on land and sea for molecules that could help fight cancer. That hunt is winding down now in the coral reefs of Palau.

The World

In Palau, scientists hope they’ve found a coral reef to save all coral reefs

Environment

Scientists have found a group of corals in the Pacific island nation of Palau that live in water acidic enough to kill most other corals. Now they’re hoping what they learn from the unusual reefs may help save others threatened by the increasing acidity of oceans around the world.