The gigantic standalone coral is about 600 feet in circumference and has grown uninterrupted for three centuries, according ...

It’s more than 100 feet long, around 300 years old, made of nearly 1 billion little polyps and visible from space ...

A videographer discovered the world's largest coral reef ever recorded in the southwest Pacific Ocean, a massive structure ...

The 'Reef Adapt' ... Researchers Use the Sounds of Healthy Coral Reefs to Encourage Growth of a New Species of Coral Larvae Oct. 23, 2024 — Healthy coral reefs echo with a chorus of grunts and ...

The study shows that coral reefs have the potential to adapt and survive in changing climates if carbon emissions are reduced ...

In a breakthrough study published this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers have shown that, ...

"The decline of coral reefs is concerning, as it threatens not only biodiversity but also the safety of island communities, ...

If carbon emissions are curbed and local stressors are addressed, coral reefs have the potential to persist and adapt over ...

In 2008, the IUCN assessed 892 warm-water coral species and determined approximately one-third were at risk of extinction.

Almost half of all warm-water species of coral are threatened with extinction -- and climate change is the chief culprit, a ...

National Geographic scientists say they’ve discovered the world’s largest coral near the remote Solomon Islands in the Pacific Ocean — an undersea mass that is so big, it can be seen from space.

The behemoth coral, discovered in October in the Solomon Islands, is longer than a blue whale and older than the United States.