The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center partnered with Erinn Muller, a research representative on Florida Keys National ...

Coral reefs are marine structures created by calcifying coral animals and their algal symbionts. Coral reef ecosystems are generally high in biodiversity, most often found in shallow tropical seas ...

Investing in natural infrastructure by restoring coral reefs in Florida and Puerto Rico can save millions of dollars by ...

But there’s another, lesser-known and understudied kind of coral that’s completely solitary. And some of these animals, known as mushroom corals, can walk. “They’re very little,” said Brett Lewis, a ...

The new research, which was published in Limnology and Oceanography Letters, paints a worrying picture for the Great Barrier ...

These maps show where coral reef restoration along the coasts of Florida and Puerto Rico would protect against more than $391 million in total damage to property and lost economic activity annually.

Research on Scott Reef off Northwest Australia has shown that local coral connections help boost the resilience of remote atoll reef systems following bleaching and storms. Coral reefs are facing ...