Fossil coral reefs in the islands of the Seychelles may indicate where sea level rise will be felt the hardest as human-caused climate change impacts the world’s oceans.

Corals are ideal for a then-and-now comparison, because their hard skeletons leave a permanent, time-stamped fossil record. Meanwhile, the 839 corals on the "red list" of threatened species, ...

New research suggests that sea levels could rise more steeply than previously predicted, based on fossil coral evidence from the Seychelles Islands. Scientists from the University of Wisconsin ...

Geologist Ritesh Arya found these fossils at an altitude of 18,000 feet, suggesting that Ladakh may have been home to vibrant marine life, coral reefs, and beaches in the past.

By Ashley Yeong Fossil fuel projects are putting the Pacific Coral Triangle’s unique marine ecosystem at risk, according to a new report presented Oct. 31 at the U.N. Convention on Biological ...

Paleontologists have re-discovered a symbiotic marine marriage that was previously thought too have disappeared from fossil record 273 million years ago.

The team placed the reef tiles seeded with coral fragments over about a 430-square-foot area across three sites within Hoi Ha Wan Marine Park in Hong Kong this past July.

The study, led by PhD student Jonathan Jung, pushes back fossil evidence of the first known coral symbiosis by over 170 million years. “The fossil record of corals has many notable gaps, making it ...

The most frequently found fossils on Staten Island are brachiopods, corals, clams, bryozoans and crinoids. But even though they are the most frequent, they weren't formed here. These fossils were ...

This fossil is a rugose coral, found in Jeffersonville, Indiana and collected by R.D. George in the early 1900s. The numerous concentric rings detailing the fossil’s surface are not representative of ...