coral

A study published in the journal Nature last week found that, by 2020, nearly half of coral species were at "elevated relative risk of extinction", with climate change the main driver of this decline.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

The overexploitation of parrotfish and other groupers threatens 63 percent of coral reef ecosystems.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

In the first global assessment of its kind, the world authority on threatened wildlife classified 96 percent of the planet's coral reef systems as "critically endangered" -- its highest risk category.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

Each pair consisted of one healthy fragment and one bleached fragment originating from the same coral animal.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026

The coral sweater looks beautiful on Anastasia, and I tell her so.

From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper

A reef ecosystem collapses when hard corals -- which build its living foundation -- largely disappear and are replaced by algae, rubble and sponges.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

The emergence this year of a "super" El Nino, the natural warming phenomenon, also presents a risk to corals, Gudka said at a news conference at the UN's COP17 biodiversity summit in Yerevan, Armenia.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

Overfishing is also hurting corals as certain herbivores and predators help control algae and maintain an ecological balance, the organisation said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

"While bleached corals may be dying, they are not dead yet," said lead author Danny Collins, an oceans PhD student at the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026

Far below him on the seabed the corals reached up in tentacles of red and buds of thorny mauve.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook