As warming oceans wreak havoc on vulnerable coral reef habitats, scientists are trying to gain insight into what makes them grow — and perhaps find ways to slow or reverse their demise. As detailed in ...
COCONUT ISLAND, Hawaii (AP) — On a moonless summer night in Hawaii, krill, fish and crabs swirl through a beam of light as two researchers peer into the water above a vibrant reef. Minutes later, like ...
This article was originally featured on Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science and society in coastal ecosystems. Read more stories like this at hakaimagazine.com. Wearing a navy-blue ...
After a devastating marine heat wave hit the Florida Keys and Dry Tortugas in 2023, the populations of two essential reef-building corals are now too low to fulfill their ecological roles. However, ...
Vital to the health of the oceans and the species that are supported by them, researchers have created Atlantic coral in a lab setting for the first time, a feat they've dubbed a "scientific ...
FLORIDA KEYS (CBSMiami/FKNB) - Several colonies of laboratory-raised mountainous star coral, a reef-building boulder coral, were observed spawning in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary earlier ...
Jenny Mallon receives funding from the Coral Conservation Society. The work described here was completed in partnership with CORALIUM, SECORE International, Ridge to Reefs, Hotel Akumal Caribe and the ...
COCONUT ISLAND, Hawaii (AP) — On a moonless summer night in Hawaii, krill, fish and crabs swirl through a beam of light as two researchers peer into the water above a vibrant reef. Minutes later, like ...