Large pieces of brain coral are washing ashore on Texas beaches, likely due to storms or other underwater disturbances. Brain coral, a slow-growing hard coral, forms important reef habitats in the ...

Cailyn Joseph, a PhD student in Andrew Baker's lab, organizes brain and elkhorn coral in Honduras before the trip to Miami. MIAMI — Off the northern coast of Honduras, thick stands of endangered ...

Coral reefs exist in more than 100 countries, supporting 25% of marine life and benefitting an estimated 1 billion people. But half of the world’s coral reefs have died since 1950, and the rest could ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Large colonies of boulder star coral and symmetrical brain coral cover the coral reef cap of ...

Scientists at the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School wait for another imported brain coral -- this time from the Cayman Islands -- to release bundles of eggs and sperm. Once collected, they use ...

Museum researchers reconstructed the evolutionary history of stony corals over the past 460 million years, providing insights ...