An aerial drone photo shows a boat deployed by the China Coast Guard (CCG) vessel Chuanshan patrolling near a reef in the ...

Coral reefs are essential to the health of oceans, the food supply and to protecting the coast from storms. But as climate ...

Miami — Marine scientists in Miami are hoping to restore Florida's coral reef by taking coral from Honduras and crossbreeding it. "It's the first time ever in the world that an international cross of ...

Researchers have developed an autonomous system for seeking out and mapping hotspots of biodiversity on coral reefs with ...

Beneath the beauty of coral reefs lies a hidden universe of microbes unlike anything scientists expected. Each coral species ...

Scientists call for a major acceleration in coral assisted evolution research to help reefs cope with rapidly warming oceans. The study, published today (30 March), was led by Dr. Adriana Humanes, ...

Papua New Guinea announced plans for the Western Manus Marine Protected Area, a nearly U.K.-sized no-take sanctuary in the ...

Remote reefs off Australia’s northwest coast may be remnants of an ancient reef system that helped shape modern marine life.

The structural complexity of coral reefs creates a vibrant underwater city populated by a diverse assortment of characters. Ironically, this same complexity can impede coral recovery after ...

A Honduran coral reef withstood a century of pollution and disease. It could be used to restore dying Caribbean reefs—if scientists can figure out how it survived. Despite being exposed to decades of ...

Harmful bleaching of the world's coral has grown to include 84% of the ocean's reefs in the most intense event of its kind in recorded history, the International Coral Reef Initiative announced ...