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Disease Takes Hold

The white splotches are lesions of infected coral. ...

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Healthy Coral Polyps

Healthy coral is colorful. The entire coral is actually a colony of many little...

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Sickness in the Sea: A Coral Plague Hits Florida

Florida corals had a rough 2014. During that year higher than normal ocean...

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Birth of an Atoll

An atoll is a ring-shaped coral reef that forms as an old volcano erodes. This...

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Waving Sea Fans

Sea fans—softer-bodied coral relatives—colonizing a dead stony coral framework. ...

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Ancient Reefs Reveal Glimpse at Future Oceans

Envision a coral reef and a rainbow of colors come to mind. Brilliantly colored...

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Heroes of Herbivory

Coral restoration, often in the form of growing corals in a lab or in field-based...

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Optimism in the Deep Sea - Connecting Corals, Museums, and Ocean Managers

The deep-sea is a treasure trove of resources. Diverse ecosystems cozy up next to...

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Stories of Success from a Reef Report Card

Coral reef ecosystems face daunting threats worldwide. Human impacts, such as...

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Lost Nets Hurt Coral Reefs

The impacts of derelict fishing gear on the Northwest Hawaiian Islands coral reef...

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Coral Larvae Settling

The small larvae of elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata) settle and grow on the...

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Closed-Mouth Coral

A live coral polyp with turquoise tissue and brown tentacles closes its mouth (the...