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 ...

But this coral that forms most of this habitat is white, and it's naturally white because they don't have the photosynthetic algae in them that the shallow water corals do. We're much too deep for ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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 ...