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

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

Our study suggests that reducing emissions at a faster pace, in accordance with the Paris climate agreement, could cut the coral loss by half compared with current policies. That could boost reef ...

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

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 ...

Understanding how far Great Barrier Reef corals are from their parents could be key to identifying and protecting at-risk ...

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

Scientists from the University of Miami, the Florida Aquarium, and Tela Coral in Honduras are transplanting crossbred coral ...

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 closely follow the shoreline. These reefs aren’t continuous. They contain ...

A study by researchers at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology found that coral reefs are less frequent in the tropics due to warming oceans.