A whopping 84% of coral reefs are affected by the latest global bleaching event, which is the worst on record.

The biodiversity of Earth's oceans is disproportionately concentrated in coral reefs—the vibrant undersea ecosystems where ...

Scientists are alarmed by the ongoing crisis, with deteriorating conditions harming marine life in the tropics and beyond ...

Bleached coral dies when exposed to heat stress for too long, threatening the bountiful marine ecosystem that depends on it ...

That's deadly to corals, which are essential ecosystems — keys ... on and around coral reefs. Coral get their bright colors from the colorful algae that live inside them and are a food source ...

Scientists say it's upending a key piece of the underwater ecosystem that's home ... the ability of our oceans to sustain lives and livelihoods." -Mark Eakin, corresponding secretary for the ...

The world's coral reefs are in the midst of the fourth and largest global bleaching event in recorded history, NOAA announced ...