These protected areas bring an incredible amount of biodiversity right into the bustling metropolis–including coral reefs.

Swimming through the shadowy waters off Palau, scuba divers watched life on a coral reef after dark. One reddish sea creature ...

Coral reefs are not just static underwater gardens—they are bustling cities that never truly rest, ... Predatory snails and sea stars, nearly invisible by day, crawl silently in the dark.

Baby corals offer hope in ‘dark time’ for Florida reefs. By Chelsea Harvey | 09/03/2024 06:12 AM EDT . Corals are under threat from warmer oceans. But those that survive could pass on their ...

Climate change has already caused significant declines in coral reef coverage globally and is expected to do much further ...

Creating a way for tourists and casual oceangoers to flag diseased coral is underway as white syndrome threatens reefs around ...

JONATHAN LAMBERT, BYLINE: For millennia, life on coral reefs, just like everywhere else, could count on one basic rule - it's light during the day and dark at night. This daily rhythm sets the ...

Understanding how far Great Barrier Reef corals are from their parents could be key to identifying and protecting at-risk ...

Artificial Light Increases Nighttime Prevalence of Predatory Fishes, Altering Community Composition on Coral Reefs. Global Change Biology , 2024; 30 (12) DOI: 10.1111/gcb.70002 Cite This Page : ...

The fate of coral reefs has been written with a degree of certainty rare in climate science: at 1.5 degrees Celsius of global warming, most are expected to die.

Harmful bleaching of the world’s coral has now grown to include 84% of the ocean’s reefs in the most intense event of its kind in recorded history. That's according to the International Coral ...