"Coral bleaching isn't always a death sentence for every coral. Corals can and do recover if stress inducing conditions subside. But our research shows there is a price to pay for recovery in terms of ...

Scientific wisdom says corals reproduce at night. But on reefs around the Indo-Pacific, that might not be the case. By Chloe Glad/Hakai Magazine Published Aug 2, 2023 9:00 PM EDT Add Popular Science ...

A three-year study has cracked open the hidden biology behind coral reproduction, revealing hormone cycles that echo those of humans and other animals, and a new way to detect reef distress before ...

Scientists have gotten a special species of coral to reproduce in an aquarium for the first time ever. The coral will eventually be used to restore areas of the barrier reef off the coast of Florida ...

Coral reefs host a quarter of all sea species, but climate change, overfishing, and pollution could drive these ecosystems to extinction within a matter of decades. Marine biologists have been racing ...

Not long after the August full moon, Florida’s reefs are the scene of an annual show of sexual reproduction called the coral spawn, with coral colonies releasing masses of tiny white, pink and orange ...