A mother-daughter team of citizen scientists have discovered a coral colony roughly the size of a football field. It’s the largest colony ever recorded.

After record-breaking heat waves, disease and water quality issues, two species of coral are now functionally extinct in Florida waters.

A new microscope combines two technologies to give scientists a better understanding of corals and their symbiotic algae. Researchers hope it can give better insight into why corals bleach.

In the months leading to the 2024 Olympics, conservationists have raised alarms about the construction of a new judges' tower and its potential to harm local reefs. Here's how locals are mobilizing to protect it.

When wildfires tore through Maui in 2023, among the devastation was toxic ash that poured into the ocean. Now, scientists are studying its impact on marine life—and how to counteract it.

Coral conservation in the Bahamas and across the Caribbean region is in full swing after a warming event caused historic bleaching. Scientists and nonprofits rely on coral tree nurseries, gene banking and outplanting tiny coral fragments back onto the reefs to restore areas that have been decimated.

Since February 2023, record-high global sea surface temperatures have stressed corals, leading to a fourth global bleaching event. Fifty-four countries and territories spanning all ocean basins—Atlantic, Pacific and Indian—have reported severe coral bleaching.

Bleached corals are less likely to spawn, a huge cause for concern in Florida after a severe bleaching event recently. But after monitoring last year’s split-spawn activity, we discovered that there still may be hope for a recovery.

Within coral reefs exists an intimate marriage between land and sea. Learn more about how these reef ecosystems have shaped our planet—and why it’s important to protect them.