Natural disasters can devastate a region, abruptly killing the species that form an ecosystem’s structure. But how this transpires can influence recovery. While fires scorch the landscape to the ...

(Santa Barbara, Calif.) — The structural complexity of coral reefs creates a vibrant underwater city populated by a diverse assortment of characters. Ironically, this same complexity can impede coral ...

Bleached coral (left) compared to healthy coral (right) in the lagoon of Moorea, French Polynesia, during a marine heatwave in 2016. Coral bleaching is when corals lose the beneficial algae living ...

Sometimes nature surprises you. That’s what happened when a massive marine heatwave took hold in the waters around Moorea, French Polynesia, in late 2018. Fortunately, UC Santa Barbara researchers ...

Since launching their partnership in 2022, Windstar Cruises and Coral Gardeners have created a powerful alliance for ocean conservation in French Polynesia. The Moorea-based nonprofit organization ...

This story was originally published by Hakai Magazine and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. At the beginning of 2019, mass bleaching devastated coral reefs around the ...

Scientific wisdom says corals reproduce at night. But on reefs around the Indo-Pacific, that might not be the case. By Chloe Glad/Hakai Magazine Published Aug 2, 2023 9:00 PM EDT This article was ...

To continue to raise awareness, Windstar Cruises has also recently launched an engagement speaker series on board Star Breeze when in Moorea. The informative lecture by a Coral Gardeners team member ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Hawaii’s Jason Momoa recently teamed up with non-profit organization Coral Gardeners to help restore the ocean, one coral at a time. Momoa and the gardeners spent the day ...

Deep in the South Pacific, scientists have explored a rare stretch of pristine corals shaped like roses off the coast of Tahiti. The reef is thought to be one of the largest found at such depths and ...