Kahaluʻu Beach Park will be temporarily closed for nine days in May to give the cauliflower coral colonies time to recover.

Maui Ocean Center / EVAN PASCUAL photo In the vast Pacific Ocean, Hawaii’s coral reefs reign as one of nature’s greatest marvels, home to some of the world’s most unique marine animals.

State Department of Land and Natural Resources photo Coral bleaching already is happening at reefs around Maui and Hawaii island, and scientists fear that if warmer ocean temperatures persist ...

Despite their distinction as one of Earth's oldest lifeforms and the key role they play in sustaining coral ... the Hawaiian archipelago and throughout Oceania. "We used autonomous reef monitoring ...