"Fundamental to understanding how to sustain reefs in the future." Researcher discovers rare ocean phenomenon serving as unlikely ally to reefs: 'Could offer a blueprint' first appeared on The Cool ...

A drop in shipping emissions has caused a surge in warming at the Great Barrier Reef, fuelling calls for drastic actions such ...

Anemonefishes are a group of damselfishes “that exclusively live symbiotically with sea anemones,” researchers said in a July 10 study published in the peer-reviewed journal ZooKeys. They are ...

Coral bleaching isn’t just an ocean crisis. Here’s how the global event endangers food security, local jobs—and the land ...

Lizard Island on Australia's Great Barrier Reef has suffered one of the world's worst coral die-offs, with 92 per cent of ...

It was voted as Australia’s Best Beach a few short months ago, but under the surface a dark shift is taking place. An army of ...

University of Leicester-led research has revealed the start of industrial deforestation of the Malaysian rainforest and its long-lasting impact on coastal ecosystems in the skeletons of corals.

Its underwater forests capture carbon, create shelter for marine species and serve as a nursery for creatures like abalone and rock lobsters. Once widespread along Sydney’s coastline, it disappeared ...

Australia’s Great Southern Reef is a crucial, yet endangered, marine ecosystem. This once-flourishing domain, rich with giant kelp forests, is now suffering the consequences of climate-induced sea ...

These funds will be transferred directly from the parties utilizing marine space and resources to the BPDLH. Project Background: Reducing vulnerability in coastal communities with coral reef insurance ...

(CNN) — The turquoise water of Hōnaunau Bay in Hawaii, an area popular with snorkelers and divers, is teeming with spiny creatures that threaten to push the coral reef “past the point of ...

Tropical coral reefs encrust the coastlines of islands and continents near Earth’s equator but this zone, which has offered sufficient light and warmth for corals to evolve over hundreds of millions ...