The Living Architecture of Our Oceans " These incredible structures are built by tiny animals called polyps that secrete ...

A new study shows how connected coral reefs in Fiji stay healthier when fishing pressure and pollution are reduced together.

This is especially worrying because these massive corals are normally quite resilient to heat stress. Even the strong are now ...

University of Sydney marine biologists have identified a devastating combination of coral bleaching and a rare necrotic ...

The planet has been flipping between two main modes of carbon recovery depending on the state of coral reefs, new research ...

The underwater city builder’s ecology is designed around real coral growth, predator-prey relationships, and water conditions ...

Coral reefs may soon shift to algae-dominated ecosystems. Scientists warn recovery will slow dramatically by 2100. The change threatens marine life depending on healthy reefs. Volcanic seeps provide a ...

A new study by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) published in Coral Reefs reveals why many coral reef fishers remain in poverty, even as fish stocks decline and some fishers leave the profession ...

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — South Florida is seeing a wave of new cars, but they won't add to traffic or lengthen anyone's commute. That's because the cars are made of marine-grade concrete and were ...

Since the Ice Age, elkhorn and staghorn corals off Florida’s southern coast have been stacking their skeletons into elaborate, branching homes for parrotfish, eels and octopuses. “They’ve been the ...

Miami, Fla. – Florida’s iconic staghorn and elkhorn corals have been declared functionally extinct after a record-breaking marine heatwave devastated reefs across the state, according to new research ...