Along the way, Darwin hatched new ideas about the formation of reefs — including the shimmering island rings of coral known as atolls. Once upon a time, Darwin proposed, there must have been a ...

Research on Scott Reef off Northwest Australia has shown that local coral connections help boost the resilience of remote atoll reef systems following bleaching and storms. Coral reefs are facing ...

Before Charles Darwin came up with his famous theory about evolution, he proposed a theory of how coral reefs and atolls formed. Some of the specimens he collected to support his theory are now cared ...