But as study authors noted, habitats for these types of coral are "slow-growing, long-lived and fragile." Human activities, including trawling, pipelines and oil and mineral production and ...

By Keith Anthony Fabro They live in the ocean’s coldest, darkest depths, far from sight — but cold-water corals are far from ...

Researchers at the University of Miami are hoping that hybrid corals, created by breeding local corals with those that thrive ...

The intricate, hidden processes that sustain coral life are being revealed through a new microscope developed by scientists ...

The northern limit of the reef-building coral habitat was previously believed to be just off Sado Island in Niigata Prefecture. The newly found coral lies about 80 kilometers north of Sado.

Soft corals in the West Philippine Sea and Benham Bank in the Philippine Rise, which are under threat from China, are among ...

When we think of an ideal coral habitat, the picture that comes to mind is usually "clear water, palm tree on the beach", Johnson says – a perfect holiday snapshot of those famous reefs in ...

The Oculina Bank coral reef, found nowhere else in the world, is thousands of years old and habitat for species of grouper ...

High levels of microplastics and micro-rubber were detected in sediments of a remote, strictly protected Mediterranean coral habitat, with concentrations exceeding 6,000 particles per kg in some ...

When we think of an ideal coral habitat, the picture that comes to mind is usually "clear water, palm tree on the beach", Johnson says ...