“Moana” star Auli’i Cravalho recognizes how her status as an actor and Broadway singer has created the opportunity to truly ...

While plants and some bacteria can make their own food ... jeopardizing the living coral that makes up reefs. Covered with long, venomous spikes, the crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci ...

University of Waterloo researchers have pinpointed for the first time how microplastics accumulate in coral reefs, a key step to understanding how to protect vulnerable ecosystems. A team at ...

When Palacio and her team examined coral reefs after the 2015–2016 heat wave, they found that particular corals called Pocillopora —the main reef-building coral species in the eastern tropical Pacific ...

For years, the United States' National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has categorized coral reefs at five levels of concern — from "No Stress" to the most threatened "Alert Level 2." ...

The coral reefs of Nha Trang, Vietnam, are in severe decline due to climate change, overfishing, and pollution.

The coral conservationist on morning rituals, free-diving with sharks and his mission to save the globe’s oceans.

Understanding ecological factors that shield coral reefs from harm could inform conservation and restoration efforts. "Foundation species like corals create the base of an ecosystem: They form ...