On Grace Bay in Providenciales, you'll find a footpath just offshore near the Coral Gardens Resort. Follow that path to floating buoys that will guide you on your Bight Reef snorkel. A series of ...

Named for their bright colors and beak-like mouths ... (Scorpaenopsis oxycephala), closely resembles the reef's rocky, algae- and coral-encrusted bottom, where it lies in wait for crustaceans ...

A vibrant "healthy" reef is organized roughly by color and ... provoking a stress response that drains the coral's bright hues. In addition to yarn, the crocheters use recycled materials (such ...

Rising acidity reduces the rate at which reefs develop. Crucial to coral health are colorful algae called zooxanthellae. These algae live in coral polyps, providing coral with its bright color.

Coral reefs globally are facing unprecedented pressures and are ... zooxanthellae are expelled which eventually results in the hard corals "bleaching", turning bright white. This weakens the coral ...

As coral bleaching and deaths become more widespread globally, experts are re-evaluating the benefits of restoration missions ...

New research examined coral restoration projects worldwide to calculate what it would actually cost to bring back what’s ...