UNDERSEA JUNGLE

Endangered coral reefs connect countries in Mideast and Africa

Eight nations bordering Red Sea collaborate on Swiss-led study that could help save ailing corals at popular scuba diving sites from Egypt to Australia

Melanie Lidman

Melanie Lidman

A diver exploring the coral fields along the coast of Dahab, Egypt

Less than two years ago, Israeli and European researchers took a Nazi-built naval ship that had been used to place mines, outfitted it with modern scientific equipment and set sail from the Israeli city of Eilat to the Port...