Coral reefs are one of the oldest types of living systems on Earth and the variety of life they support rivals that of the tropical forests of the Amazon or New Guinea. In the tropical Pacific, for ...

Add PBS as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Even if you’ve never gone scuba diving or peered into a tropical tank at your local aquarium, you know that coral reefs are the ...

This story was co-published with Grist as part of their Proof of Concept video series profiling the science and scientists behind some of the environment’s most surprising research. While the Gulf of ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Mass coral bleaching occurs when unusually warm ocean temperatures disrupt the partnership between corals and the microscopic algae that supply ...