After a disastrous year for coral reefs in which abnormally high ocean temperatures served a fatal blow to many of the vital underwater ecosystems, researchers have found a glimmer of hope off the ...

A map showing the topography of the Stetson Mesa north region of the Million Mounds, an important habitat supporting a diversity of marine life. Credit: NOAA Scientists recently discovered the largest ...

Few people expect to find something new on the Great Barrier Reef that is visible from the surface. But off the coast of Far North Queensland, a mother and daughter dived into the waves and found a ...

This article is republished from The Conversation. Armed with scrub brushes, young scuba divers took to the waters of Florida’s Alligator Reef in late July to try to help corals struggling to survive ...

A new Arizona State University study reveals the extent to which sewage pollution threatens the fragile coral reef ecosystems of west Hawaiʻi Island. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest ...

Part of the fun of visiting the Caribbean is the chance to see colorful coral reefs teeming with wildlife. Here's where you ...

The world’s coral reefs are close to 25% larger than we thought. By using satellite images, machine learning and on-ground knowledge from a global network of people living and working on coral reefs, ...

Top 9 Coral Reefs in the World: Coral reefs are some of the most spectacular natural wonders on Earth. They are often described as the “rainforests of the sea,” and cover only 0.1% of the ocean, yet ...

Using an innovative new approach to sampling corals, researchers are now able to create maps of coral biochemistry that reveal with unprecedented detail the distribution of compounds that are integral ...