Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists have discovered the world's largest coral formation in the Southwest Pacific Ocean. Measuring 34 by 32 meters, it can ...

Application of an advanced dating technique establishes the first precise construction timeline for houses built out of coral ...

The ring-shaped coral islands known as atolls, like this one in the Maldives Islands in the Indian Ocean, may trace their formation to sea levels repeatedly rising and falling over hundreds of ...

New work uses cutting-edge CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing tools to reveal a gene that's critical to stony corals' ability to build their reef architectures. This research could inform coral conservation ...

For the first time, scientists have established a precise construction timeline for colonial-era coral buildings in French Polynesia, using an advanced uranium-thorium (U-Th) dating technique. The ...

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Baltimore, MD—New work led by Carnegie’s Phillip Cleves uses cutting-edge CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing tools to reveal a gene that’s critical to stony corals’ ability to build their reef architectures.