One day in early April, coral scientists at the Florida Aquarium in Tampa received a surprise when they found a baby coral in one of their tanks. They’d been keeping their eye on a different coral ...

Scleractinian corals, or hard corals, have been disappearing globally over the past four decades, a result of climate change, pollution, unsustainable coastal development and overfishing. However, ...

During a two-year survey of soft corals in the Florida Keys, scientists identified three species of octocorals that have survived heat waves. While the coral animal itself may be heat tolerant, ...