Brain coral, for example, is colored brown, yellow, and grey. The open brain coral species is particularly stunning since it is sometimes blue and red. When coral suffers stress, either caused by warm ...

Brain coral, a slow-growing hard coral, forms important reef habitats in the Gulf and Caribbean. Scientists like Keisha Bahr are working to restore damaged coral reefs worldwide.

These protected areas bring an incredible amount of biodiversity right into the bustling metropolis–including coral reefs.

A 130-year-old brain coral has provided the answer, at least for the North Atlantic Ocean off the East Coast of the United States. By measuring the nitrogen in the coral's skeleton, a team of ...

But a few feet deeper, she spotted a brain coral that was a healthy, greenish brown. Then, another cluster planted in May that was a little pale, but already starting to fuse.

After two years of record-breaking ocean heat, scientists are assessing the impacts of the world's fourth mass bleaching event on coral reefs around the globe. At least 74 countries and ...

SCTLD has already killed off more than 90 percent of some coral species in Bonaire, including boulder brain and maze corals, according to preliminary data from STINAPA, ...

The grooved brain coral parents colonies came to the aquarium in 2018 as part of the Florida Coral Rescue Project, managed by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission and NOAA Fisheries, to ...

“Determining if brain coral formed via freeze-thaw cycles will reveal locations of past liquid water and inform astrobiological exploration targets seeking extant life,” say Pearson and co. The work ...

Brain coral, left, and endangered elkhorn coral on a reef near Tela, Honduras, grow in water where temperatures hover around 88 degrees. University of Miami Rosenstiel School hide caption ...

Brain Corals are a type of hard coral that form massive, rounded colonies, some of which can grow several feet in diameter. They are slow-growing, often taking decades or even centuries to reach ...