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

Why are there so many species of coral reef fish? According to a new study, it’s because about 50 million years ago, some ...

A major outbreak of coral-eating starfish has been found munching Australia's world heritage-listed Great Barrier Reef, scientists said on Friday, prompting the government to begin culling the spiky ...

Austin Bowden-Kerby, a pioneer in coral reef conservation, spends many of his days gardening corals for reefs around Fiji and ...

South of Tampa Bay, in Florida, wedged between a quiet neighborhood and a mangrove forest, custom-designed aquariums are home to thousands of sea-urchin larvae that tumble and drift through the water.

Scientists determined the most effective method of halting the disease was covering a coral colony with a weighted plastic bag, then injecting a seawater solution that contains the probiotic. They ...

SAN ANTONIO, Zambales — As part of the annual Month of the Ocean celebration, divers from government environmental offices ...

Overfished coral reefs are producing far less food than they could. Researchers found that letting reef fish populations recover could boost sustainable fish yields by nearly 50%, creating millions of ...

Turbinaria algae coat the corals, foreground, at a north shore reef on the French Polynesian island of Mo'orea. Turbinaria is a genus of brown algae found primarily in tropical marine waters.

As global warming causes temperatures to rise in oceans across the globe, it will be critical to discover novel ways to identify reef corals that are susceptible or tolerant to future heating for ...

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