It’s more than 100 feet long, around 300 years old, made of nearly 1 billion little polyps and visible from space ...

This mega coral, thought to be around 300 years old, is exciting because it could provide unique insights into historical ...

Scientists say they have found the world's largest coral near the Pacific's Solomon Islands, announcing Thursday a major ...

As Hurricane Rafael passed the Florida Keys last week, its thermal benefit to coral reefs was being tracked in real time.

The mega-coral measures 34 metres by 32 metres – making it larger than a blue whale – and it is thought to be three centuries ...

Welcome to Fiji, a South Pacific paradise perfect for families, featuring idyllic beaches, vibrant coral reefs, and a rich ...

Almost half of warm-water reef-building coral species are at risk of extinction, conservationists have warned after a global ...

Almost half of all warm-water species of coral are threatened with extinction -- and climate change is the chief culprit, a ...

A developing tropical system is impacting the departure of the SS United States and the ship will remain in Philadelphia for ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Michael Childress, Clemson University (THE CONVERSATION) Armed with scrub brushes, ...

Besides ocean heat, reefs face threats ... Oceangoers are treated to rare coral formations, some more than 500 years old, and tropical fish found only in Hawaii, including bluestripe butterflyfish ...