A groundbreaking study of 7,000-year-old exposed coral reef fossils reveals how human fishing has transformed Caribbean reef ...

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 ...

A wealth of history and ecology await in South Florida's abundant nature preserves. Experience it firsthand solo or on tours ...

On Thursday, a Lake Erie cruise ship - known as Goodtime I - became grounded on a reef in western Lake Erie near South Bass ...

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The coral reef geomorphic zone classification (CRGZC) map can provide a wealth of information for coastal management and protection. Remote sensing plays an important role in CRGZC by virtue of its ...

Researchers uncover the genetic blueprint for coral chemicals with anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory properties Some corals produce chemicals called diterpenoids that have shown promise in fighting ...

The Oculina Bank coral reef, found nowhere else in the world, is thousands of years old and habitat for species of grouper ...

Key points: 6 tonnes of bycatch, mostly stony coral, was dragged up in a single bottom trawl last year; Around the weight of a male African elephant, the heaviest land mammal on earth. Stony ...

The Oculina Bank coral reef, ... The mounds stretch up to 100 feet tall in water as deep as 300 feet. ... Scientists first discovered the Oculina coral reef in 1975, according to NOAA.

Benham Bank, an underwater seamount off eastern Luzon, supports one of the Philippines' richest mesophotic coral ecosystems, with high hard coral cover (mean 30%) and diverse coral, algae, and ...

In addition to what was previously observed in an initial study by Nacorda et al., 2017, researcher Cabasan shared that the area showed eight probable habitat types in the mesophotic coral ecosystems ...