A mother-and-daughter team of citizen scientists has identified the world’s largest known coral colony, found on the Great ...

Coral reefs are teeming with life: they are home to over a third of all marine animal and plant species on Earth, despite ...

"I knew right from the minute we dropped in that it was something special," conservationist Sophie Kalkowski-Pope said.

Isotope evidence from fossil otoliths shows Caribbean reef food chains have shrunk by up to 70%, signaling a major loss of ...

The massive structure, a single colony of Pavona clavus, commonly called “elephant skin” coral because of its wrinkled, plate ...

A new study from NYU Abu Dhabi has found that small coral reef fish in the Arabian Gulf are facing a hidden but growing source of stress. When oxygen levels drop at night, a common occurrence on some ...

Coral reefs cover less than 1% of the ocean floor, but have some amazing superpowers. The next 10 years are a critical window for action to save our reefs.

Volunteer group Citizens of the Reef made the find as part of the Great Reef Census ...

In ordinary circumstances coral reefs are among the most productive ecosystems on Earth, built slowly by animals that appear ...

Half the world’s coral reefs were hit hard by extreme ocean heat, and an even more severe bleaching crisis is happening right ...

Nighttime drops in ocean oxygen raise energy use in small reef fish. Repeated stress could affect reef health as oceans warm.

Asian artist Mulyana 'shows the consequences of our activities, but it's definitely not all gloom and doom,' says museum curator.