Elkhorn coral helps form the skeleton of a healthy reef, but more than 95% of the Elkhorn coral off Florida has been wiped ...

A recent study published in the journal Scientific Reports reveals a surprising discovery in the fight against one of the ...

In a groundbreaking, first-of-its-kind milestone for coral restoration, scientists from the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science, Tela Marine and The Florida ...

WASHINGTON— The National Marine Fisheries Service announced critical habitat designations today for five threatened coral species living in the Pacific Ocean. The agency’s final rule protects 92 ...

By Rhett Ayers Butler For more than three decades, Mark Erdmann has worked where many only dream of diving—on the reefs and ...

From solar-powered sanctuaries to coral reef restoration and zero-waste programs, these elite resorts around the world are ...

By looking at the microbial communities that live on corals, our research uncovered a crucial role that fishes play in protecting coral reefs. We also discovered that these fishes together with clean ...

A small, uninhabited island in the Pacific Ocean has stirred up widespread speculation online after Google Earth displayed it ...

Alligator Reef, marked by its historic lighthouse, provides a window into an aquatic wonderland where parrotfish nibble on coral, nurse sharks rest on sandy bottoms, and schools of silver baitfish ...

They live in the ocean’s coldest, darkest depths, far from sight — but cold-water corals are far from safe. In a first-of-its ...

Have you ever heard of a nudibranch? They're colorful mollusks with no shells and you can see them at the Bailey-Matthews ...

When the researchers applied the gel, called SNAP-X, to surfaces in lab experiments it increased coral larvae settlement by up to 20 times compared to untreated surfaces. SNAP-X could help overcome a ...