But in Florida, this process is broken. Most species of hard corals that form the reef’s complex structure and help safeguard coastal communities from storm surge are not having babies in the ...

Giant triton (snail) -> Crown-of-thorns starfish -> Hard coral One of the few predators of the crown-of-thorns starfish, the giant triton (Charonia tritonis) has evolved a tolerance to the ...

A closeup of a well-preserved Late Holocene hard pillar coral (Dendrogyra cylindrus), now genetically extinct along the Florida reef tract due to a disease outbreak in 2014.

Corals are animals, but many are powered by the tiny photosythetic algal plants within their cells; with this energy they are capable of building geological structures. Most corals are colonial ...

Coral reefs globally are facing unprecedented pressures and are particularly sensitive to climate change and extremes in temperature. Most hard corals grow thanks to a symbiotic relationship between ...