The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) reports that Acropora species are in the top three genera collected for the aquarium trade. This suggests unsustainable harvesting could ...

Seasonal variations of temperature modify coral thermal tolerance threshold for Pocillopora verrucosa species while Acropora spp. remain unchanged when exposed to the same in situ conditions.

A coral species found primarily in western and southern Japan has spread in Tokyo Bay and is threatening to destroy ecosystems in the warming waters around the capital. The coral variant Acropora ...