The gigantic standalone coral is about 600 feet in circumference and has grown uninterrupted for three centuries, according ...

Called the "rainforests of the sea" for their dazzling biodiversity, coral reefs cover less than 1% of the ocean floor but provide habitat for more than a quarter of all marine life. As Linsley ...

A study has found concerning new evidence of long-term declines in coral reef fish around highly visited inshore islands of ...

The mass bleaching of coral reefs around the world since February 2023 is now the most extensive on record, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration told Reuters this week.

In the ocean, fertilized larvae float for days or weeks before settling down to start life as a stone-producing ... represent ...

It’s more than 100 feet long, around 300 years old, made of nearly 1 billion little polyps and visible from space ...

In a groundbreaking discovery announced on Thursday, marine scientists have identified what is now recognized as the world’s ...

Researchers have found that playing the sounds of happy corals through underwater speakers could allow degrading coral reefs to regain lost vitality. A team of scientists played recordings of ...

Townsville, Australia — In a dusty, secluded corner of the Australian state of Queensland, a septuagenarian scientist is on an urgent mission to raise the alarm about the future of the planet.

The UNCDF warned that this fourth mass bleaching event is a serious threat to ecosystems that support 25 percent of marine life and nearly a billion people worldwide. Sudden increases in water ...