Rising ocean acidity weakens corals, boosts algae and makes reefs flatter. Even small chemical changes reshape reef life.

Scientists have long known that plastic waste is bad for marine animals. A new study quantifies how little ingested plastic ...

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This summer, it was all over the media. Driven by the climate crisis, the oceans have now also passed a critical point: The ...

The last few years have been really hard on Florida's coral reefs. Extremely high water temperatures caused so much bleaching that researchers said some of the reefs are functionally extinct. FOX 13's ...

Mounting evidence shows the state of coral reefs is worsening despite concerted local conservation. The answer is public ...

Roger Williams University professor Koty Sharp says the northern star coral could offer insights to help protect tropical ...

Hundreds of non-native animal & plant species live in Florida. They prey on native critters & damage native ecosystems.

It's a growing problem. Experts issue warning over concerning series of animal deaths: 'There's no way to completely ...

Buckhead Meat & Seafood in Lakewood and its parent company are collaborating with state officials to collect discarded shells from restaurants.

By 2070 the reef was no longer a continuous ecosystem but a scatter of survivors, patches of hard coral clinging to deep ...

In the animal kingdom, penises can be spiked, split, corkscrewed – even detachable. They’re one of the most diverse ...