Using an innovative new approach to sampling corals, researchers are now able to create maps of coral biochemistry that reveal with unprecedented detail the distribution of compounds that are integral ...

Reef-building coral may feed more efficiently by using tiny hair-like structures to generate food-carrying conveyer belts in the water running across their surface. Corals that form reefs consist of ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Watch this coral wave its hands in the air like it just don’t care! But actually, it probably ...

Anne Staples. Photo courtesy Virginia Tech. Nearly 75 percent of the world’s coral reefs are under threat from rising ocean temperatures and local human activity, said Anne Staples, an associate ...

One biologist in particular, Mary Hagedorn, has met this challenge with an innovative strategy, one that could preserve various coral species in the lab even if they've shut down in situ. Hagedorn's ...