Raising the Reefs: Corals in Crisis

Coral—elkhorn (Acropora palmata) and staghorn (Acropora cervicornis) coral, in particular—has been decimated throughout the Caribbean in the last four decades. Today, SECORE and the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Powell, Ohio, in collaboration with facilities such as Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, Ill., Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium in Omaha, Neb., California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, Calif., and others, are working to better understand—and reverse—the decline in coral.