One day in early April, coral scientists at the Florida Aquarium in Tampa received a surprise when they found a baby coral in one of their tanks. They’d been keeping their eye on a different coral ...

On occasion, it is of vital importance to consider how little we know about the spinning rock we all live on. Take coral reefs, for example. Given how much they've been studied, you'd think we've ...

During a two-year survey of soft corals in the Florida Keys, scientists identified three species of octocorals that have survived heat waves. While the coral animal itself may be heat tolerant, ...