A biodegradable graphene-based paste enables secure coral attachment and mineral growth stimulation without using metal ...

An underwater volcano near Tonga revealed how sediment spreads, disrupts marine life, and raises questions about deep-sea ...

Climate change has already caused significant declines in coral reef coverage globally and is expected to do much further ...

The diver-operated microscope — called the Benthic Underwater Microscope imaging PAM, or BUMP — incorporates pulse amplitude ...

"Even protected areas are severely affected." Scientists stunned after finding remote island blanketed in dangerous material: 'Our findings are deeply concerning' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Beneath the waters of the West Sea (WPS) and Benham Rise, scientists have discovered wide swathes of diverse soft corals.1 ...

The Ocean Reef Conservation Association recently donated $10,000 to the Keys Marine Laboratory in support of its land-based coral nursery.

Dr. Maarten De Brauwer at Curtin University discovered hairy frogfish have fluorescent lures that glow orange under blue ...

Coral ecosystems across Indonesia include the world’s richest diversity of coral species at 72 percent. These reef systems support the livelihoods of millions of people in the country through tourism, ...

Volcanic islands, such as the islands of Hawaii and the Caribbean, are surrounded by coral reefs that encircle an island in a labyrinthine, living ring. A coral reef is punctured at points by reef ...

(CNN) — The turquoise water of Hōnaunau Bay in Hawaii, an area popular with snorkelers and divers, is teeming with spiny creatures that threaten to push the coral reef “past the point of ...

The reefs of tomorrow will look very different from those of the past, but our work reveals the ways one coral - the humble mustard hill coral - may come to dominate future Caribbean reefs." Levitan's ...