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

Education will play a crucial role in mitigating the consequences. Experts issue warning as emerging trend impacts human and animal life — here's what's happening first appeared on The Cool Down.

When rats invade tropical islands, they can trigger a chain reaction that reverberates all the way to coral reefs, researchers say.

The Burgers' Zoo in the Netherlands recently welcomed a pair of self-bred corals from the World Coral Conservatory project into Europe's largest coral reef.

Many people here in South Florida may not know the importance of coral reefs and what they mean not only to our ecosystem, marine life, buildings, and our wallets.

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This was the best place on Earth to see great white sharks—then they vanished A new study based on two decades of data shows what happens in an ocean ecosystem without great white sharks.

Coral reef ecosystems host a diverse array of life—they’re home to more than a million animal species, including sponges, oysters, crabs and many types of fish, according to the Environmental ...

The researchers think the change in the damselfish's behavior is likely to have further knock-on effects on their coral reef ecosystems, which have not yet been properly studied.

Sea urchins graze on and clean a type of algae that competes with coral, and their decimation is a big reason for the decline of the coral reef ecosystem in the Caribbean.

Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach County's share of the vast colony of invertebrates are part of the Kristin Jacobs Coral Reef Ecosystem Conservation Area, which was established in 2018.

Healthy coral reefs are vital to healthy ocean ecosystems. Image: Roshan Patel, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute The globe is seeing unprecedented heat this summer, with ...