Soft corals, which are members of the class Octocorallia, are major components of marine ecosystems, including coral reefs.

A groundbreaking study of 7,000-year-old exposed coral reef fossils reveals how human fishing has transformed Caribbean reef ...

They live in the ocean’s coldest, darkest depths, far from sight — but cold-water corals are far from safe. In a first-of-its ...

Shell-rich rocks trace a mostly upward climb in ocean life, with each mass extinction slashing both diversity and biomass ...

A new study conducted by researchers from McGill University and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Panama ...

Groundwater input to coral reefs directly affects water chemistry and triggers a cascade of changes in the coastal ecosystem, ...

Scientists from the University of Technology Sydney are searching for “super corals,” species that are naturally more ...