Some populations of Caribbean staghorn are not as wimpy as previously thought

A recent paper published in the journal of the Public Library of Science reports on a study which used genetic tools to look for disease resistance in the threatened staghorn coral, Acropora cervicornis. Researchers Steven Volmer and David Kline performed…

New details emerge about the formation of deep sea coral reefs

The relatively recent discovery of deep sea coral reefs a few years ago has stimulated a rush of interest and research in recent years. The big question everyone wants to know is how these reefs are formed and what these…