A study led by Associate Professor Kelton McMahon at University of Rhode Island's Graduate School of Oceanography has found that food webs on tropical reefs are more fragile than we once thought.

APOLLO BEACH, Fla. — For the first time, coral from outside of Florida was allowed to be planted in state waters. This happened in early July 2025 with help from the University of Miami, Tela Marine ...

Why do people care about coral reefs? Why does their damage cause such concern and outrage? What drives people to go to great ...

The Collapse of the World’s Coral Reefs is “Death by a Thousand Cuts” A marine ecologist on the impacts of losing this ecological “canary in the coal mine.

Read more: Coral reefs face an uncertain recovery from the 4th global mass bleaching event – can climate refuges help? “Major ocean currents can carry baby corals to temperate seas.

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Discover how an algae-based gel enhances coral restoration by attracting larvae to damaged reefs, increasing settlement rates by up to 20 times.

Coral reefs in Honolulu and other coastal areas are undergoing what experts say is the world's worst coral bleaching event.

For coral to reproduce, adults spawn gametes that form planktonic larvae that drift in the currents and settle on a suitable substrate if environmental conditions are favorable. One of the major ...

Coral larvae are picky about where they attach and settle down. One of the ways they decide is by “smelling” chemicals in the water that are associated with healthy reefs.

A new documentary, ‘Reef Builders,’ explores how coral reefs around the world have been decimated by climate change—and the work happening to bring them back.

Harmful bleaching of the world’s coral has now grown to include 84% of the ocean’s reefs in the most intense event of its kind in recorded history.