The threats to reef-building corals were last assessed for the IUCN Red List in 2008, and at that time one-third were found to be threatened. During the assessment, coral species around the world ...

The Coral Triangle is a marine region that spans those parts of Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, the Solomon Islands and Timor-Leste with at least 500 species of reef-building ...

Atlantic coral species are particularly highly threatened due to annual severe bleaching events, pollution and the impacts of ...

What is the staghorn coral? Like its name suggests, staghorn coral is a species of coral that looks a bit like the antlers of a male deer. Capable of growing into thickets up to five feet high and ...

WASHINGTON— The Center for Biological Diversity today filed a notice of intent to sue the National Marine Fisheries Service for failing to finalize protections for 12 coral species around Florida and ...

It spans 1,400 miles and is home to 400 types of coral, 1,500 species of fish and 4,000 types ... addition to Unesco's World Heritage in Danger list. However, it narrowly avoided it, CNN reported.

Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong boasts 35 species of coral, an unprecedented underwater survey by City University has found. Researchers, who released their findings on Wednesday, attributed the ...

WASHINGTON— The National Marine Fisheries Service proposed today to change the status of the pillar coral, a species found in Florida waters and elsewhere in the Caribbean, from threatened to ...

The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MoECC) has announced the discovery of a new species of soft coral that belong to the “Sea Pen” family, in Umm Al-Sheif Marine Reserve.

Coral reefs occupy only 0.1% of the Earth’s ocean floor yet support 25% of all marine species 1. Despite their importance, over the past few decades climate change, overfishing and environmental ...