Millions of dollars in coastal infrastructure and a booming fishing industry are at risk in South Florida as the region’s coral reefs continue to die off at a rate scientists call alarming. The threat ...

With El Niño conditions emerging in 2026, coral reefs may once again face the threat of widespread bleaching as ocean temperatures continue to rise. Since the late 1970s, global sea surface ...

LAYTON, Fla. (AP) — Steps away from the warming waters of Florida Bay, marine biologist Emily Becker removed covers from the dozens of water-filled tanks under her watchful eye. Nestled in seawater ...

A groundbreaking study has revealed the extensive mapping of over 64,000 square miles of heat-resistant coral reefs globally, ...

As seawater temperatures rise, concern over the ability of coral to survive and reproduce also grows. Previous studies have largely focused on the effects of acclimating adult corals to warming ...

Scientists find that natural ocean cooling can protect coral reefs from heatwaves, but only when climate conditions are right ...

Some Florida Keys coral reefs are losing their color weeks earlier than normal this summer because of record-high water temperatures, meaning they are under stress and their health is potentially ...

Researchers compared DNA from corals and their symbiotic organisms from two sites along the Pacific coast of Panama to better understand how the different members of the coral holobiont influence ...

An urgent rescue operation is underway to save Florida coral species from extinction as a mass bleaching event and die-off from unprecedented water temperatures spreads across reefs in the the Florida ...