The oceans have always been alive with mystery, beauty, and change. For the first time, scientists have measured how much ...

Why do people care about coral reefs? Why does their damage cause such concern and outrage? What drives people to go to great ...

A long-term study investigating the growth of corals in the Caribbean over the past century has shown that even ...

After Hurricane Iris decimated the coral reef at Laughing Bird Caye National Park in 2001, many wrote off the UNESCO World ...

By looking at the microbial communities that live on corals, our research uncovered a crucial role that fishes play in protecting coral reefs. We also discovered that these fishes together with clean ...

Hall Bank is a small, nearshore reef off Fremantle in southwest Australia, located well beyond the typical latitudinal range ...

The Collapse of the World’s Coral Reefs is “Death by a Thousand Cuts” A marine ecologist on the impacts of losing this ecological “canary in the coal mine.

Hōnaunau Bay, Hawaii on 25 January, 2020. Sea urchin populations are ballooning in the bay, putting the coral reef at risk, a new study has found. - Greg Asner The turquoise water of Hōnaunau ...

A prehistoric carbon spike turned oceans deadly and wiped out marine life. Scientists say today’s CO₂ rise could cause the ...

Scientists from the University of Miami, the Florida Aquarium, and Tela Marine in Honduras are transplanting crossbred coral fragments onto a reef off Miami's coast.

Scientists from the University of Technology Sydney are searching for “super corals,” species that are naturally more resilient to environmental changes. They hope they can be used as a ...

The Future Reefs team at the University of Technology Sydney, led by marine biologist Dr. Emma Camp (pictured), wants to protect the reef by finding “super corals,” species that are naturally ...