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

Tropical coral reefs encrust the coastlines of islands and continents near Earth’s equator but this zone, which has offered sufficient light and warmth for corals to evolve over hundreds of millions ...

One Florida-based charity creates underwater coral reef memorials with the ashes of cremated loved ones. ... On the final day, the Eternal Reef memorial is placed on the ocean floor.

Coral reefs cover only a tiny area of the ocean floor — about 1% of the total marine habitat — but, like bustling cities, they provide homes and life to a wide variety of life.

Every year, reefs provide about $2.7 trillion in goods and services, from tourism to coastal protection, according to a 2020 estimate by the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network.

(THE CONVERSATION) Tropical reefs might look like inanimate rock, but these colorful seascapes are built by tiny jellyfish-like animals called corals. While adult corals build solid structures that ...

The largest deep-sea coral reef to date was mapped off the U.S. Atlantic coast. It not only provides benefits to sea life, but humans and planet Earth, as well.

One Florida-based charity creates underwater coral reef memorials with the ashes of cremated loved ones. See why families are choosing this funeral alternative and how it's saving marine life.