Understanding how far Great Barrier Reef corals are from their parents could be key to identifying and protecting at-risk ...

For people who are not experts, what are the signs of a collapsing reef system? Firstly, less color, because there’s less ...

University of Hawaii researchers said ground water flowing into the ocean at just the right amount can boost the growth of ...

"Even protected areas are severely affected." Scientists stunned after finding remote island blanketed in dangerous material: ...

Tropical coral reefs encrust the coastlines of islands and continents near Earth’s equator but this zone, which has offered ...

The turquoise water of Hōnaunau Bay in Hawaii, an area popular with snorkelers and divers, is teeming with spiny creatures ...

By almost every measure, the coral in Tela Bay should be dead. Yet despite decades of pollution, industrial degradation, and heat waves that have decimated other reefs in the region, this reef on ...

A Florida State University ecology and evolutionary biologist has discovered that the reproductive methods of individual ...

Harmful bleaching of the world’s coral has grown to include 84% of the ocean’s reefs in the most intense event of its kind in recorded history, the International Coral Reef Initiative ...

Coral reefs are sometimes dubbed “rainforests of the sea" — approximately 25% of all marine species can be found in, on and around coral reefs.

Coral reefs are a crucial part of the marine ecosystem, providing habitats for all sorts of marine life and protecting coastlines from storm damage. But scientists say rising ocean temperatures ...

Harmful bleaching of the world’s coral has grown to include 84% of the ocean’s reefs in the most intense event of its kind in recorded history, the International Coral Reef Initiative ...