Staghorn coral larvae don’t have eyes. Yet shifting the color of underwater light can reverse their usual preferences for spots to settle. Such subtleties of color could serve as one of the cues that ...

This news release is available in Japanese. The reef-building coral, Acropora millepora, can pass its tolerance for heat on to the next generation via its DNA, according to a new study. This discovery ...

It’s no secret that warming ocean waters have devastated many of the world’s coral reefs. For instance, a 2016 marine heat wave killed 30 percent of coral in the Great Barrier Reef, a study published ...

In a new approach to conservation genetics, researchers used a high-quality genome of the coral Acropora millepora, along with environmental data, to study this coral's variable responses to climate ...

Birds of a feather may flock together, but when it comes to corals, sometimes it helps to mix things up. ByKatherine J. Wu Monday, January 7, 2019 NOVA NextNOVA Next Even though corals occupy less ...