340 Reef-Building Coral Species Face Elevated Extinction Risk, and the Data Predate the 2023-2025 Global Bleaching
Nature World News | 16.10.2026 20:02
Nearly half of the world's reef-building coral species now carry an elevated risk of extinction, according to a peer-reviewed reassessment published in Nature on Oct. 15. Of the 774 species with enough data to evaluate, 340, or 44%, were classified as threatened on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List.
