Professor, photographer and coral reef expert. Porter, a UGA professor emeritus with the Odum School of Ecology, is an authority on coral reefs and is known by ecologist worldwide.

Volcanic islands, such as the islands of Hawaii and the Caribbean, are surrounded by coral reefs that encircle an island in a ...

The total tourism value of Florida’s Coral Reef — a stretch of coral extending from the Dry Tortugas to the St. Lucie Inlet — is estimated at $1.1 billion ... The coral is still living, ...

A new study co-led by the Center for Coastal Climate Resilience (CCCR) at UC Santa Cruz shows coral reef restoration in Florida and Puerto Rico could save thousands of lives and prevent hundreds of ...

Record-warm ocean temperatures off the coast of Florida last summer stressed an already vulnerable coral reef system, prompting a massive die-off across the only living barrier reef in the ...

They're using recycled oyster shells to create living reefs in the Bayou. The state's coast has lost thousands of square miles of land over the last 100 years. Volunteers stepped up to help ...

Scientists fighting to save coral reefs think the moon could offer a solution. Skip to main content. Open ... would be returned to Earth on-demand and reseeded in our oceans to restore living reefs.

The new count of bacteria living in the Pacific Ocean’s coral reefs alone falls within current estimates for the total microbial diversity of Earth, ...

Within months, staffers say, nature takes its course and oyster growth attaches to the shells to become living reefs. “They will immediately start recruiting oyster growth,” said Fox Bach.