WASHINGTON— The National Marine Fisheries Service proposed today to change the status of the pillar coral, a species found in Florida waters and elsewhere in the Caribbean, from threatened to ...

MIAMI— The National Marine Fisheries Service issued a final rule today to change the status of the pillar coral, a species found in Florida waters and elsewhere in the Caribbean, from threatened to ...

The pillar coral, with its strikingly unique appearance, is a symbol of coral reefs. Its tall, column-like structures and shaggy tentacles give it a distinctive look, sometimes compared to a ...

Two Critically Endangered coral species: Staghorn Coral (Acropora cervicornis) and Pillar Coral (Dendrogyra cylindrus) at Roatán, Honduras.

Anton Oleinik, Ph.D., (left) holds a well-preserved subfossil of a Late Holocene hard pillar coral (Dendrogyra cylindrus), now genetically extinct along the Florida reef tract due to a disease ...

Thousands of coral was transported under the Aquariums care as well, including various endangered species such as the pillar ...