With so many animals calling the reef home, it could be easy to miss a tiny, pink crab tucked against the coral. Less than a centimeter wide, the crab appeared fluffy and caught the eyes of a ...

Scientists from the University of Miami, the Florida Aquarium, and Tela Marine in Honduras are transplanting crossbred coral ...

This promotes the growth of pink, rock-hard crustose coralline algae — the best surface for coral larvae to settle on and rebuild the reef. Enric Sala / National Geographic ...

Florida’s coral reef — the world’s third-largest — experienced an unprecedented and potentially deadly level of bleaching over the summer. Derek Manzello, coordinator of the National ...

Coral reefs operate like seawalls, helping minimize flooding during hurricanes. ... Some are pink. Others are red, orange, or yellow. For a few minutes, the ocean is a snow globe, ...

Manzello said climate models suggest that all of the world's coral will be suffering severe bleaching every year beginning around 2040. A fish swims at the Flower Garden Banks National Marine ...

Brain coral, left, and endangered elkhorn coral on a reef near Tela, Honduras, grow in water where temperatures hover around 88 degrees. University of Miami Rosenstiel School hide caption ...

Understanding how far Great Barrier Reef corals are from their parents could be key to identifying and protecting at-risk ...

Fish swim amidst pink coral in the Lophelia Reef, located about 200 kilometres east of Haida Gwaii, in this undated handout photo. (Fisheries and Oceans Canada) ...