Some species – such as the grooved brain coral and boulder brain coral – can grow up to and beyond six feet in diameter. But they take many years to achieve that feat, growing at a rate of only a few ...

Understanding how far Great Barrier Reef corals are from their parents could be key to identifying and protecting at-risk ...

These corals—species with rigid skeletons, such as elkhorn and brain corals—are the architects of these ecosystems, providing the foundations for coral reef communities.

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, a local organization ...

Florida’s devastated coral reefs can’t seem to catch a break. The marine heat wave of 2023, combined with an epidemic of ...

Large pieces of brain coral are washing ashore on Texas beaches, likely due to storms or other underwater disturbances. ... has built a new lab designed to grow different species of coral.

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, a local organization ...

Over several evenings, more than 75% of the Center's brain coral colonies reproduced, ... Disney, the Florida Wildlife Foundation and others, the center houses 18 species in 524 corals.

Brain coral is a fairly common species, found in relatively shadow shallow water and even into some of our deeper reef areas, but almost half of them were lost with stony coral tissue loss disease.

Other coral pathogens typically target specific species. SCTLD infects more than 30 different species of stony corals, including pillar corals and brain corals.