Coral bleaching isn’t just an ocean crisis. Here’s how the global event endangers food security, local jobs—and the land ...

Hovering fish aren’t loafing—they burn twice resting energy to make micro-fin tweaks that counteract a natural tendency to ...

New research has revealed coral mortality rates of 92% after last year’s bleaching event at Lizard Island on Australia’s Great Barrier ...

Fish make hanging motionless in the water column look effortless, and scientists had long assumed that this meant that it was ...

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

This image provided by the University of Miami Rosenstiel School shows divers planting a crossbred coral species from ...

Volcanic islands, such as those in Hawaii and the Caribbean, are often fringed by coral reefs – ring-shaped structures that closely follow the shoreline. These reefs aren’t continuous. They contain ...

Coral reefs are sometimes dubbed the “rainforests of the sea” because they support so much ocean life. They also play a vital role protecting coastlines from storm surges and erosion.

An invasive species of starfish is spreading in Penghu's waters, feasting on the coral and damaging the ecosystem. Taiwan has launched an emergency operation to deal with the starfish.