John "Charlie" Veron -- widely known as "The Godfather of Coral" -- is a renowned reef expert who has personally discovered nearly a quarter of the world's coral species and has spent the past 45 ...

The results show more than 97% of bleached corals on North Point Reef are now dead. This is the first quantitative assessment of coral mortality from the last mass bleaching event. We don't know ...

We're currently facing the worst bleaching of coral reefs ever known in history, but what would happen if all the coral reefs died off? We've already lost 50% of the world's coral, and we're at ...

Bleached coral reefs usually appear as an endless stretch of white coral and eventually turn to dead brown coral. But in New Caledonia Vevers found something different. The corals he captures lit ...

In the coastal seas episode, we see the devastating scenes of coral bleaching – how whole reef ecosystems which once teamed with life, are now dead, white and derelict. But what exactly is coral ...

Without them, the reef would quickly become a lifeless moonscape. One important algal group, benthic (bottom-dwelling) algae, rapidly grows over dead coral and other inert objects, providing a ...

resembling a dead tree branch. This coral species, known as acropora hemprichii, grows in the shallow reefs of the Maldives ...

Today, the 32-year-old is not just enabling others to experience the underwater world; he is playing a key role in helping protect the planet's third-largest barrier reef from the deadliest coral ...

The Great Barrier Reef off the north coast of Australia is home to a unique animal and plant world. However, studies have now revealed mortality rates of up to 72 percent. Among other things ...

But it turned out that vulcanized rubber is actually a poor substrate for coral growth, and the bundled tires, instead of helping to augment two adjacent natural reefs, ended up smothering and ...