Coral reefs are essential to the health of oceans, the food supply and to protecting the coast from storms. But as climate ...

Kerby, a pioneer in coral reef conservation, spends many of his days gardening corals for reefs around Fiji and the Pacific.

A University of Tennessee sophomore has made it to the National Finals round of the Red Bull Basement competition, set for ...

Some parts of this epic coral reef system weren’t even where the greatest reefs are found today. But remnants have survived.

Living by the sea in the tropics means being exposed to some of nature's most powerful forces. Hurricanes can bring storm ...

Beneath the beauty of coral reefs lies a hidden universe of microbes unlike anything scientists expected. Each coral species ...

Jake Kheel, vice president of the Puntacana Foundation, warned that environmental degradation—especially coral reef ...

At 1.5C of global warming, up to 90% of coral reefs could be lost. The next few months could be a defining moment ...

The structural complexity of coral reefs creates a vibrant underwater city populated by a diverse assortment of characters. Ironically, this same complexity can impede coral recovery after ...

C. Mark Eakin is the former head of Coral Reef Watch at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. In a new study, he and his colleagues found that a 2014 to 2017 heat wave caused moderate ...

Scientists have discovered more than 4,000 microbial species living in coral reefs, revealing a ‘molecular goldmine.’ This ...