Los Arrecifes de Coral | Smithsonian Ocean

A colorful coral reef with many fish swimming around it.

Corals, sponges, and algae are the major components of most coral reef communities as shown in this picture.

Coral Overview

Are you a student researching corals or someone looking to learn more about coral reefs? This overview dives into everything to know.

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Colorful fishes throng a reef in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.

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Bizarre and Beautiful Coral Reef Animals

Fish swimming in waters of Bay Islands, Honduras

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Improving Grades for the Mesoamerican Reef

Tres peces grises nadan frente a una gran cabeza de coral.

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Cabo Pulmo – esperanza para los arrecifes de coral

Intense volcanic CO2 vents in Ili Ili Bua Bua, Normanby Island, Papua New Guinea.

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Will Coral Reefs Survive Acidification?

Nuclear bomb in Bikini Atoll

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Naturally Resilient

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Los Arrecifes de Coral Articles

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Welcome to the Moorea Biocode Project

Dr. Brendan Roark discusses different methods of sampling deep-sea corals with undergraduate students at Texas A&M University.

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Coral Scientist Brendan Roark: On an Urgent Mission

A screenshot from the video "Discover Deep-sea Corals in Maine" with deep-sea corals.

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Discover Deep-sea Corals in Maine

a sunken propeller becomes overtaken by a reef with two scuba diver in the background

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When Wrecks Become Reefs

Colorful corals are disappearing in the Great Barrier Reef.

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The Great Barrier Reef – Going, Going, Gone???

Corals, sponges, and algae are the major components of most coral reef communities as shown in this picture.

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Corals and Coral Reefs

The Line Islands are one of the most remote places in the Pacific Ocean.

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Expedition to the Line Islands

The Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System consists of the largest barrier reef in the northern hemisphere, offshore atolls, and several hundred sand cays, mangrove forests, coastal lagoons, and estuaries. The system's seven sites illustrate the evolutionary h

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Charles Darwin's Ocean Upwelling

corals polyps open and spawning

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Corals from the Deep Thrive under Aquarists Care

Happy World Ocean Day!

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Coral Letters: A Message from the Corals of Curacao

Algas que crecen en rocas submarinas.

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Los Héroes de los Herbívoros

Three gray fish swim in front of a large coral head.

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Cabo Pulmo – Giving Optimism to Coral Reefs