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

The result is a high-resolution map that gives fresh insight into the distribution of reefs. The Allen Coral Atlas initiative has identified approximately 348,000 square kilometers of shallow ...

Urgent effort underway to save coral reefs from rising ocean temperatures off Florida Keys 05:02. After a disastrous year for coral reefs in which abnormally high ocean temperatures served a fatal ...

An alfonsino fish swims above Lophelia pertusa coral off the southeastern coast of the U.S., in June 2019. Scientists have mapped the largest coral reef deep in the ocean, off the U.S. Atlantic Coast.

A map showing the topography of the Stetson Mesa north region of the Million Mounds, an important habitat supporting a diversity of marine life. Credit: NOAA Scientists recently discovered the largest ...

New research has revealed alarming coral mortality rates of 92% after last year's bleaching event at Lizard Island on ...

Coral reefs are the rain forests of the ocean. They are beacons of biodiversity that house a quarter of all marine species and provide food and livelihoods to more than half a billion people ...

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

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

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

The ocean may be nature’s single greatest gift to humanity. It provides about half of the oxygen we breathe, feeds billions ...