Understanding how far Great Barrier Reef corals are from their parents could be key to identifying and protecting at-risk ...

Despite the fact that Adey’s original reef system left the National Mall, the Smithsonian still leads global research on coral conservation. Let's take a dive into some of the Smithsonian’s recent ...

Until 2004, the island was a penal colony, housing as many as 3,000 prisoners.Coiba’s deadly reputation led few to venture to the island's edges, inadvertently creating one of the most well ...

The mass bleaching of coral reefs around the world since February 2023 is now the most extensive on record, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration told Reuters this week. A staggering ...

Florida's coral reef system is large, stretching 350 miles from the Dry Tortugas off the coast of Key West to Martin County, north of Palm Beach on the Atlantic side of the state.

In 2004 the last massive coral bleaching event, was reported in areas of the Caribbean of Panama, including Guna Yala, resulting in coral death. But reefs can survive as long as there is enough ...

Dr. Hoegh-Guldberg, who has studied the impact of climate change on coral reefs for more than three decades, was an author of a 2018 report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that ...

Located about a 45-minute ferry ride from Belize City or 1½ hours from San Pedro Town, Turneffe is a lightly populated, 30-mile-long coral reef surrounding a lagoon, which features the largest ...

Covering nearly 133,000 square miles (345,000 square kilometers), the Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest coral reef, home to more than 1,500 species of fish and 411 species of hard corals.

From new coral species, to protecting reefs from a pandemic, the Smithsonian helps to conserve coral. ... New Coral Species Discovered. Near Coiba National Park, an island nature reserve off the ...