A new handheld microscope lets scientists monitor coral health in real time, underwater, without harming reefs.

New research has revealed alarming coral mortality rates of 92% after last year's bleaching event at Lizard Island on ...

Researchers at the University of Miami are hoping that hybrid corals, created by breeding local corals with those that thrive ...

Tropical coral reefs encrust the coastlines of islands and continents near Earth’s equator but this zone, which has offered ...

Volcanic islands, such as the islands of Hawaii and the Caribbean, are surrounded by coral reefs that encircle an island in a ...

A British start-up has come up with the original and surprising idea of building artificial coral reefs made from human ashes ...

It’s an organic gem like a pearl. But instead of residing in a shell, this Hawaii gem grows slowly like a miniature tree deep ...