For people who are not experts, what are the signs of a collapsing reef system? Firstly, less color, because there’s less ...

The ocean may be nature’s single greatest gift to humanity. It provides about half of the oxygen we breathe, feeds billions of people, supports countless jobs in every corner of the globe, and absorbs ...

Scientists are racing to save coral reefs by deep freezing them for the future As oceans get hotter, coral reefs are suffering. Scientists are working on ways to preserve coral by freezing and ...

Scientists from the University of Miami, the Florida Aquarium, and Tela Marine in Honduras are transplanting crossbred coral ...

Coral reefs support more species per unit area than any other marine environment, including about 4,000 species of fish, 800 species of hard corals and potentially millions of other undiscovered ...

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

Scientists predict 99 percent of coral reefs will be lost by the end of this century without concerted efforts to protect them. "We simply cannot afford to lose coral reefs," said Helen Fox, ...

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 ...

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

When coral reefs crumble away, they leave an empty, flat bottom on the seafloor, Williamson said. That makes coastal communities much more vulnerable to damage from waves during storms or longer ...

A year after the worst coral bleaching ever recorded, Florida's reefs are slowly recovering. Despite elevated ocean temperatures, scientists say this summer they didn’t see significant bleaching.

Climate change, pollution and ocean-dependent industries are slowly damaging coral reefs around the world. There's something else -- something seemingly innocent -- that could be contributing to ...