Acropora globiceps is found from the Maldives in the Indian Ocean to French Polynesia in the south Pacific Ocean. Within the United States, it occurs in Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana ...

A research team has taken a close look at the genomes of fifteen species in the coral genus, Acropora, to determine if they're suited to a warmer ocean. In 1998, ocean temperatures soared, and the ...

Coral Gardens Reef in Belize remains a refuge for Acropora spp. coral despite widespread devastation in other areas of the western North Atlantic/Caribbean, according to a study published September 30 ...

Acropora speciosa is found from the Maldives in the Indian Ocean to French Polynesia in the south Pacific Ocean. In the United States, it occurs in American Samoa. Colonies of Acropora speciosa form ...

A new research paper published in Science reports the functional extinction of Acropora corals from Florida’s Coral Reef. Scientists documented catastrophic mortality of these critically endangered ...

Scientists have found that the 2023 marine heat wave caused “functional extinction” of two Acropora reef-building coral species living in the Florida Reef, which stretches from the Dry Tortugas ...

New research reports the functional extinction of Acropora corals from Florida's Coral Reef. Scientists have documented catastrophic mortality of these critically endangered corals following a ...

Two years after a record-setting heatwave, scientists have confirmed that two iconic corals that have flourished across Florida’s 560-kilometre-long reef for more than 10,000 years are now ...

After 10,000 years, they're now gone. Nearly all of Florida’s critically endangered Acropora coral colonies are now dead, after a record-breaking ocean heat wave in 2023. This marks the species’ ...

In 1998, ocean temperatures soared, and the world experienced its first significant coral bleaching event. From the Great Barrier Reef to Indonesia to Central America, corals turned white and ghostly.