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

Florida’s devastated coral reefs can’t seem to catch a break. The marine heat wave of 2023, combined with an epidemic of ...

They live in the ocean’s coldest, darkest depths, far from sight — but cold-water corals are far from safe. In a first-of-its ...

“It’s extremely rare to find things that were once thought to be extinct, and to rediscover them,” Terry Gosliner, who ...

From the sands of Manjhaar Beach on the far outskirts of Karachi, Pakistan, an island is just visible 10 kilometers, about 6 ...

For people who are not experts, what are the signs of a collapsing reef system? Firstly, less color, because there’s less ...

Soft corals, which are members of the class Octocorallia, are major components of marine ecosystems, including coral reefs.

A study of 7000-year-old exposed coral reef fossils reveals how human fishing has transformed Caribbean reef food webs: as ...

It’s an organic gem like a pearl. But instead of residing in a shell, this Hawaii gem grows slowly like a miniature tree deep ...

Scientists have successfully spawned a cross-bred coral and plan on planting them just off Biscayne Bay in Miami.

Scientists have mapped a hidden hotspot of soft coral diversity off East Africa, revealing surprising reef dynamics.

In 2019, members of the IMBiBE lab that she headed, were trained by Dr. Yehuda Benayahu, one of the foremost experts on soft coral taxonomy, on basic soft coral identification and taxonomy.