Smooth flower corals bred and grown to maturity at Mote Marine Laboratory’s International Coral Gene Bank successfully spawned just 22 months after they were produced by corals from the Florida Reef ...

The coral reefs are in great danger from the effects of climate change, and with what is thought to be only eight years to save them, quick restoration is vital. Canon has partnered with the Coral ...

Staghorn coral rescued from a nursery off Key Biscayne ahead of a bleaching event spreading across the Keys spawned at a University of Miami Rosenstiel lab this week, like the staghorn pictured ...

Entering the Coral Spawning Lab at the California Academy of Sciences is an exercise in adjustment. The eyes dilate. The body is thrown temporarily off-kilter by the 450 gallons of seawater stacked ...

SARASOTA, Fla. — Mote Marine Laboratory is celebrating the spawning of a species of coral that is difficult to breed in captivity. Eusmilia fastigiata, which is commonly known as smooth flower coral, ...

According to the United Nations Environment Programme, between 70-90% of coral species will die by 2050 if drastic measures to limit global warming aren’t taken now. Scientists at Kansas City’s ...

Scientists racing to protect coral amid an ocean heat wave that is blistering reefs off south Florida got some rare good news this month. Some of the rescued corals made babies in their lab. An ocean ...

Coral reefs host a quarter of all sea species, but climate change, overfishing, and pollution could drive these ecosystems to extinction within a matter of decades. Marine biologists have been racing ...

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An ocean heat wave off Florida is stressing coral to the point where they release life-sustaining algae and are turning white. It's known as coral bleaching. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...