Green fluorescent protein lures algal symbionts to corals.

Ocean acidification can alter coral reef communities by decreasing calcification, encouraging the growth of green algae, and increasing metabolic rates. 

The reef has bounced back from “death events” in the past, but that doesn’t mean it will be resilient over the next few decades.

Marine scientists slowed the spread of a disease that attacks coral by removing areas around diseased tissue.

A project aims to preserve samples of the climate change–vulnerable animals for future restoration.

Mary Hagedorn is racing to save Earth’s coral reefs by developing techniques for freezing the colonial animals’ gametes.

Selected Images of the Day from the-scientist.com

From a plastic-munching coral to see-through frogs, here are The Scientist’s favorite images from 2017.

Soluble adenylyl cyclase measures and responds to pH changes in coral cells, but whether it can help the animals withstand ocean acidification is not yet known.