Lab-grown cells from the reef-building coral Acropora tenuis provide new opportunities to study bleaching, symbioses, and biomineralization.

Stable, long-term cell lines will enable scientists to study everything from coral bleaching to biomineralization, knowledge that may help protect corals from ongoing climate change.

Single-cell RNA sequencing helps to catalog the dozens of cell types present in a stony coral, including its elusive immune cells.

The transcription of DNA drives the remarkably tidy organization of chromosomes in the dinoflagellate Symbiodinium microadriaticum.

In yellow-green and purple versions of the reef-building Acropora tenuis, the genes that code for particular fluorescent and other colorful proteins become more active in the summer, protecting symbiotic algae from thermal stress and resisting bleaching.

Scientists who study the marine ecosystems have frequently failed to involve local researchers in projects, a study finds.

See outplanted coral spawning in the wild thanks to the efforts of researchers at the Mote Marine Lab.

By growing mountainous star corals in the lab and outplanting them to dying reefs, we were able to grow sexually mature corals that could help reef recovery.

Novel technologies establish a new paradigm for global coral reef restoration, with in situ spawning of mature, environmentally resilient corals in five years instead of decades.

Our novel technique involves planting several small fragments of slow-growing corals onto dead coral heads. The fragments eventually fuse, forming a large colony in a fraction of the time that it takes wild corals to build reefs.

Meet some of the people featured in the February 2021 issue of The Scientist.

Some corals can adjust to a range of temperatures, but this ability may be limited in a consistently warmer environment.

Groups of corals release all of their eggs and sperm once a year, but the timing of their spawning is under threat from climate change.

Mycale grandis teams up with microbes housed inside it to gather nutrients.

Bleaching killed 34 percent of the island’s reefs between 2013 and 2017, a study finds.

Runoff and waste may be more harmful to the animals than climate change.

A 3-D simulation shows corals growing into a community.

Coral reefs near Maui, Hawaii, show signs of erosion due to excess nutrients from wastewater.

Stony coral tissue loss disease has already affected 80 percent of Florida’s coastal reef system. Now, a huge team of responders is working to slow its spread and prepare for future restoration efforts.