This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Coral reef species are facing an escalating danger of extinction as ...

A team of scientists, including two from San Francisco's California Academy of Sciences, just rediscovered a species of coral ...

When plant species go extinct, it can have a ripple effect on entire ecosystems. ... The coral reef absorbs some of the energy from the waves before they reach the shore.

In one way, protecting the coral is not that different from protecting any endangered species. First, we need to cut back on activities that ruin their habitat, the shallow waters close to our coast.

What they found was shocking: Of all the reefs observed, sharks were only detected in 20 percent of them. Read more 65 Million-Year-Old Shark Found in Alabama Is New Species ...

If just these 10 species went extinct, we'd be in serious hot water. 10. Springtails. ... with several species already on the ...

New research suggests some species of reef sharks are “functionally extinct” in about one-in-five coral reef ecosystems globally. What's False The findings did not extend to all sharks around ...

Joe Cavanaugh brings a wealth of experience to the non-profit as he's worked with endangered fish in places like the ...

Over the past 500 years, 14 ocean species have gone extinct, another 70 could disappear. Subscribe ... In the past three decades, about 50% of coral reefs around the world have died.

The Endangered Species Act has helped save hundreds of species from extinction. But climate change presents a new threat to endangered species and wildlife officials working to protect them.

The ancient reefs were comprised of now-extinct coral species called Rugosa and Tabulata coral, McCoy said. The type of coral that makes up today's reefs is called "Scleractinia coral," and it did ...