(WSVN) - A fascinating but fragile phenomenon that scientist hope will create new coral colonies is underway in the Keys. It’s called “coral spawning” and it happens every August. Existing coral ...

The Kumulipo (Hawaiian creation chant) states that life began with the coral polyp and as more life was born, it became more and more complex. It is believed that coral is an akua, or deity, that may ...

It's 9 p.m. and the corals are still not spawning. Nancy Knowlton and I have been underwater for an hour, diving and snorkeling about 350 feet off the coast of Solarte Island, one of 68 islands and ...

This coral spawning season, AIMS is all about scaling up. As part of the Pilot Deployments Program , we are trialling the ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

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The Great Barrier Reef’s annual spawning event began on Tuesday, December 9, and divers flocked to witness the event. According to the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, coral spawning is a synchornized ...

Smooth flower corals bred and grown to maturity at Mote Marine Laboratory’s International Coral Gene Bank successfully spawned just 22 months after they were produced by corals from the Florida Reef ...

I dove off the back of our sailboat into the warm waters of the South Pacific just after sunrise. My husband and 10 year-old son followed, each holding an underwater camera. Together, we kicked over ...

It may not snow in Queensland in December, but underwater, the Great Barrier Reef is putting on its own kind of snowfall in a dazzling underwater exhibition of new life. Giant clams, molluscs and ...

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