This dangerous marine organism in the Caribbean resembles seaweed, however, it is anything but. It's a hydrozoan that ...

Palau's corals have emerged unscathed from the world's devastating marine heatwaves. Researchers are breeding and planting them to save reefs from disappearing.

Coral reefs will stop growing and many will start to erode if global warming hits 2°C, according to a new study of 400 sites.

Coral reefs are necessarily gorgeous in color and movement, but below the waves there is a similarly colorful world of sound.

They have been growing on subsea structures for decades but are now under threat as old platforms are decommissioned.

Coral reefs are a crucial part of the marine ecosystem, providing habitats for all sorts of marine life and protecting coastlines from storm damage. But scientists say rising ocean temperatures are ...

South Florida is home to the only barrier reef in the continental United States. But does it matter to people on land that the corals – like anywhere else in the world — are bleaching? To answer our ...

The ring-shaped coral islands known as atolls, like this one in the Maldives Islands in the Indian Ocean, may trace their formation to sea levels repeatedly rising and falling over hundreds of ...

“Becoming the first Center for Species Survival for coral conservation is both an extraordinary honor and a profound ...

Harmful bleaching of the world’s coral has grown to include 84% of the ocean’s reefs in the most intense event of its kind in recorded history, the International Coral Reef Initiative announced ...

In a landmark effort to combat the devastating effects of climate change, a new global alliance with key leadership from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa has been established to create a "Noahʻs Ark ...