By looking at the microbial communities that live on corals, our research uncovered a crucial role that fishes play in protecting coral reefs. We also discovered that these fishes together with clean ...

A drop in shipping emissions has caused a surge in warming at the Great Barrier Reef, fuelling calls for drastic actions such ...

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

The researchers, with others from Honduras, are looking for ways to help reefs survive increased temps caused by global warming. The work could provide a blueprint for working across the Caribbean to ...

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

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

When Victoria Glynn came to Panama to study the effects of extreme ocean temperatures on coral reefs at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) as a pre-doctoral fellow in professor ...

Meet 10 species—from whale sharks to sea dragons—that rely on coral reefs for food, shelter, and survival.

The name may be misleading you. Within the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, coral covers only about 6 or 7 percent of the territory. The colossal reef system is larger than most countries.

There are many things I like to make homemade, and sunscreen is one of them. With all the toxic ingredients, chemicals, and additives you will find in chemical sunscreens, there is no question in ...

Harmful bleaching of the world’s coral has now grown to include 84% of the ocean’s reefs in the most intense event of its kind in recorded history ...

Two Hawaii firefighters and a scientist are behind a Hawaii initiative to build coral reefs, and they are featured in a new documentary 'Reef Builders' available on Amazon Prime.