A federal court today struck down the U.S. government’s refusal to grant critical protection to threatened coral species. The ...

Coral reefs in the Gulf of Eilat paused growth for 3,000 years due to sea-level changes but later recovered. Scientists warn ...

BBC Click explores the latest technology being trialled in Australia to preserve coral at the Great Barrier Reef.

A Hawaii judge said the National Marine Fisheries Service couldn't back up their decision that protections weren't necessary ...

Overfishing of sharks is linked to coral reef destruction. Without sharks, smaller fish stop eating coral-eating starfish.

Researchers identified the new species of marine sponge using a technique that looks at both genes and structural ...

In the face of mounting threats to coral reefs, this multiplying effect is exactly what we need right now. The planet is experiencing a dangerous decline in nature. One million species are threatened ...

The findings support the idea that positive species interactions can buffer coral reefs from multiple environmental threats. Corals are what ecologists call "foundation species," meaning that they ...

Studying coral reefs used to mean hours of grueling manual analysis, but artificial intelligence is changing the game. A new ...

Researchers combine acoustic monitoring with a neural network to identify fish activity on coral reefs by sound. They trained the network to sort through the deluge of acoustic data automatically, ...

NHA TRANG, Vietnam (AP) — The gentle waves off the coast of central Vietnam's Nha Trang obscure an open secret: The ...