These beloved sea creatures are dying. Can human medicine save them?

These beloved sea creatures are dying. Can human medicine save them?

Danielle de Kool, an ecologist at an environmental organization in Bonaire called STINAPA, applies a medicinal paste to a boulder brain coral. Several meters underwater off the coast of Bonaire, a small island in the south Caribbean, Danielle de Kool floated in place in front of a large head of boulder brain coral. The pattern across its surface looked like the maze you might find on the back of a cereal box.  From a plastic syringe, de Kool, a…