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Marine biologist recalls finding the world’s largest coral by accident

The megacoral was discovered in 2024.(Representative image/Unsplash)

Published on Nov 09, 2025 12:26 am IST

Last chance tourism: Raising awareness or hastening damage?

A woman takes a picture of the Rhone glacier amid climate change in Obergoms, Switzerland(Photo: REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo)

Updated on Oct 30, 2025 06:16 pm IST

What we do in the shallows: Inside the mad dash to save the world’s coral reefs

(Above left) Coral in Australia’s Heron Island that has grown from ‘IVF’ efforts that involved planting larvae here in 2016. (Above centre and right) CRF volunteers explore a coral nursery where coral is nurtured on tree-like structures, for later transplanting. (Images courtesy Southern Cross University, Coral Restoration Foundation)

Updated on Jul 05, 2024 06:44 pm IST

Marine heatwaves leading to widespread bleaching of corals in Lakshadweep Sea

Bleached Porites corals in the Kavaratti lagoon. (HT Photo)

Updated on May 07, 2024 01:20 am IST

Travelling to Netherlands? Check out this Dutch zoo for its coral 'Noah's Ark'

Divers with gloved hands gently nestled the first self-bred corals from the World Coral Conservatory project amongst their cousins in Europe's largest coral reef at the Burgers' Zoo in Arnhem, eastern Netherlands. Travelling to Netherlands? Check out this Dutch zoo for its coral 'Noah's Ark' to preserve endangered reefs (AP Photo)

Published on Apr 23, 2024 01:10 pm IST

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This photo, released on January 16, by Simon Fraser University and James Cook University in Canada and Australia respectively, shows a cowtail ray in the sand, “It was a bit surprising just how high the threat level is for these species. Many species that we thought of as common are declining at alarming rates and becoming more difficult to find in some places,” Sherman told AFP. (Colin Simpendorfer / Simon Fraser University & James Cook University / AFP)

Climate change: Two-thirds of reef sharks and rays at risk of extinction

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