Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Staghorn coral spawns near North Key Largo, Fla. Liv Williamson/University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and ...

LONDON(Reuters) - Huge stretches of coral reef around the world are turning a ghostly white this year amid record warm ocean temperatures. On Monday, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

According to the authors of a study published in the journal Coral Reefs, fire corals may be undergoing a "silent extinction.

The underwater space is having a bumper couple of months: there’s a new contender for the world’s largest coral, a giant ...

Unprecedented ocean heat has triggered the world’s worst mass coral bleaching event on record – a coral massacre so severe, reef experts are looking to one of nature’s most dangerous and destructive ...

A new study from researchers at James Cook University highlights the importance of the conditions leading into summer, showing how winter temperatures ...

Climate-driven disturbances such as marine heat waves are rapidly reducing coral cover and degrading reef ecosystems worldwide. Using a mathematical model, a research team led by Subhendu Chakraborty ...

The United Nations has issued an urgent call for increased funding to protect coral reefs, which are facing extinction due to the most extensive mass bleaching event recorded. Their data shows 77 ...

Unprecedented ocean temperatures are triggering mass coral bleaching events across the world. This year, the world’s third-largest barrier reef, in Florida, is already being hit hard. New research by ...

Record high temperatures and relentless marine heat waves triggered widespread coral bleaching and die-offs in the Florida Keys and the Caribbean this summer, forcing emergency rescue measures to ...

Camille Mellin receives funding from the Australian Research Council and the University of Adelaide's Environment Institute. Damien Fordham receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Coral ...