On the Great Barrier Reef, bleaching is underway in the northernmost section. This is the sixth bleaching event on the Great ...

Coral reefs are some of the world's most diverse ecosystems. Despite making up less than 1% of the world's oceans, one quarter of all marine species spend some portion of their life on a reef.

Researchers have found that reef fish from the Arabian Gulf, the world's hottest sea, exhibit a higher tolerance to temperature fluctuations compared to those from more thermally stable coral reefs.

Second, while parrotfish help reefs to grow by keeping them clean, they also can cause gradual erosion of reef structures. Some parrotfish species graze by biting off chunks of coral, especially ...

A new Community-Based Coral Restoration Area (CBCRA), established in South Maui, is offering damaged corals a chance to ...

Kahaluʻu Beach Park will be temporarily closed for nine days in May to give the cauliflower coral colonies time to recover.

ISHIGAKI, Okinawa Prefecture--When underwater photographer Kazushige Horiguchi dived in waters off Ishigakijima island, he saw that a "miracle" had occurred. Horiguchi has taken pictures of coral ...

NHA TRANG, Vietnam | The gentle waves off the coast of central Vietnam’s Nha Trang obscure an open secret: The life-giving coral reefs below are dying. The waters are eerily devoid of fish.

Her grandfather, a fishmonger from the Spanish island ... What coral researchers could really use is a computer model that simulates how polyps grow into complex structures from simple physical rules.

NHA TRANG, Vietnam — The gentle waves off the coast of central Vietnam’s Nha Trang obscure an open secret: The life-giving coral reefs below are dying. The waters are eerily devoid of fish.