Large pieces of brain coral are washing ashore on Texas beaches, likely due to storms or other underwater disturbances. Brain coral, a slow-growing hard coral, forms important reef habitats in the ...

When nitrogen-based fertilizers flow into water bodies, the result can be deadly for marine life near shore, but what is the effect of nitrogen pollution far out in the open ocean? A 130-year-old ...

Cailyn Joseph, a PhD student in Andrew Baker's lab, organizes brain and elkhorn coral in Honduras before the trip to Miami. MIAMI — Off the northern coast of Honduras, thick stands of endangered ...

One of the most profound changes that happened to me here in Bermuda was forging a deep and strong connection with the ocean surrounding us – I went from an attitude of taking, to one of protecting.

Bruno van Swinderen receives funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Adam D Hines does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or ...

Discover the non-antibiotic solutions used to combat stony coral tissue loss disease. Coral reefs face a crisis with stony coral tissue loss disease, but there's hope in alternative treatments. Dr.

Scuba divers are much like children, I imagine, to dive-resort owners: They are almost always wonderful to have, but at night, it’s best if they are safely in their beds. This thought popped into my ...

Corals are surviving — even thriving — in an unlikely PortMiami stew of garbage, polluted runoff, deep temperature swings and ship-stirred currents that wrench unnaturally through Government Cut. It’s ...

I had a chance to tag along this past weekend in Belize with a team from the Catlin Seaview Survey as they began their underwater assessment of the endangered coral reefs of the Caribbean. You can ...

Researchers studied nitrogen levels in the skeleton of a 130-year-old brain coral living 620 miles from the North American mainland and found that the nitrogen from human sources was less than had ...