For people who are not experts, what are the signs of a collapsing reef system? Firstly, less color, because there’s less ...

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

We were able to cross the spawn from those corals, the sperm and the eggs, to produce babies.' A team of scientists from the ...

NOAA recently reported that the largest coral bleaching event on record is impacting 84% of the world’s reefs, including the ...

Volcanic islands, such as the islands of Hawaii and the Caribbean, are surrounded by coral reefs that encircle an island in a ...

Tropical coral reefs encrust the coastlines of islands and continents near Earth’s equator but this zone, which has offered ...

Florida's coral reef has experienced a 90% decline in healthy coral cover since the ... Proposed budget cuts to NOAA's Coral Reef Conservation Program by the Trump administration threaten ongoing ...

As baby corals float in the currents, they can expand their species’ range. But can they get to climate refuges fast enough to survive? A new study has good news and bad.

As many reef passes are found to form near large island river basins, researchers had previously assumed a relationship existed between the two. However, the theory remained unpro ...

Volcanic islands, such as those in Hawaii and the Caribbean, are often fringed by coral reefs – ring-shaped structures that ...

University of Rhode Island oceanographer Jaime Palter speaks out on what she thinks the impacts will be of cuts to federal ...

Tropical reefs might look like inanimate rock, but these colorful seascapes are built by tiny jellyfish-like animals called corals. While adult corals build solid structures that are firmly ...