Coral reefs are one of the most diverse ecosystems on the planet. What are the abiotic and biotic interactions that structure this diverse ecosystem? Corals are members of the phylum Cnidaria, a ...

Somewhere in the western Pacific, on reefs near New Caledonia sampled during the Tara Pacific expedition, a fist-sized colony ...

Living by the sea in the tropics means being exposed to some of nature's most powerful forces. Hurricanes can bring storm ...

KEY WEST, FL (Amazing America TV) — Seven miles offshore in Key West, Florida, is home to America’s only living coral reef in the continental United States. It is protected by the Florida Keys ...

Most coral reefs will soon stop growing and may begin to erode—and almost all will do so if global warming hits 2°C, according to a new study in the western Atlantic. An international team, led by ...

A $35 million debt-for-nature swap between Indonesia and the U.S. aims to conserve coral reefs in eastern Indonesia over the next nine years, with the funding offset by canceled sovereign debt payable ...

The mass bleaching of coral reefs around the world since February 2023 is now the most extensive on record, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration told Reuters this week. A staggering 77% ...

Coral reefs, worth an estimated $9.8 trillion a year to humanity, are in far worse shape than previously realized. A massive international study found that during the 2014–2017 global marine heatwave, ...

Nestled on the sunny shores of Queensland’s far north, Cairns is a place where the lush rainforests meet the sapphire waters of the Coral Sea, and where every day feels like a TV advert come to life.

Swim along the edge of a coral reef and you’ll often see schools of sleek, torpedo-shaped fishes gliding through the currents, feeding on tiny plankton from the water column. For decades, scientists ...