Soft corals produce diterpenoids, chemicals that could be used to treat human disease. Now, scientists have identified the genes that make these important chemicals, opening the door to creating a ...

Soft corals at three sites in the U.S. Virgin Islands were able to recover from the destructive effects of nearly back-to-back Category 5 storms in 2017, but the story of these apparently hardy ...

The Soft Coral Arch is filled with many colors of coral, like this pink variety. One day, I got my cotton candy in a place called Soft Coral Arch, a hole in one of the islands that goes clear through, ...

Scientists have discovered why Heteroxenia corals pulsate. Their work resolves an old scientific mystery. Scientists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Technion-Israel Institute of ...

Our critic explores “Reefline,” an underwater public sculpture park that hopes to be a haven for art and corals. But some ...

Soft corals are “simply melting and wasting away” due to global warming-induced environmental stress says Dr. Hudi Benayahu, head of Tel Aviv University’s Porter School of Environmental Studies.

On occasion, it is of vital importance to consider how little we know about the spinning rock we all live on. Take coral reefs, for example. Given how much they've been studied, you'd think we've ...

Australian scientists have come up with a model that will help researchers quickly identify soft corals most vulnerable to bleaching from marine heatwaves, helping prioritise resources to preserve ...

Coral extinction could mean a worldwide catastrophe impacting all marine and terrestrial life. Environmental stress is damaging the symbiotic relationship between soft corals and the microscopic ...

The world’s most famous coral reefs are all found in warm, shallow, coastal environments. But do corals live outside of these tropical vacation destinations? As a matter of fact, yes! Corals also live ...