China has concluded that coral reef degradation in the waters surrounding Sandy Cay – a disputed reef in the South China Sea – was due to a combination of natural phenomena and human ...

Researchers have discovered a giant coral colony on the north-western coast of Saudi Arabia, in a part of the Red Sea that is being developed as a luxury tourist resort. The colony, a feature ...

The Solomon Islands, a cluster of hundreds of islands in the South Pacific and fittingly bordered by the Coral Sea, hosts the second highest coral diversity on the planet, boasting more than 490 ...

After laying the wreath and emerging, divers from the Darwin Sub Aqua Club described to the family what they saw below as a peaceful "underwater garden" of coral and fish. "There's a lot of light ...

Based on data from the Center for Strategic and International Studies, China’s artificial island-building in both occupied and non-occupied reef features in the South China Sea, already damaged 1,800 ...

Ocean heat in the Coral Sea is at its highest in four centuries, scientists report in the Aug. 8 Nature. The researchers drilled into coral skeletons from in and around the region and analyzed the ...

A long-term study has found the four warmest summers in the Coral Sea over 400 years have all occurred in the past decade. The study looked at the structure of corals themselves to ascertain sea ...

The Battle of Coral Sea was one of the largest and most significant battles in the Pacific during World War II, especially in terms of its impact and strategic outcome. It would ultimately shape ...

The particular species of sea urchin impacted is a well-known protector of coral reefs and the deaths put the already fragile reef ecosystem in even more peril. Sign up here. The pandemic was ...

Saturday is World Reef Awareness Day, and many of my colleagues and I are calling for President Joe Biden to protect the deep-sea coral treasures of the Southeast — the more than 80,000 coral ...

The Cape Coral Yacht Club is being torn down piece by piece and is rising from the debris like a phoenix, an icon reborn. Following terrible damage from Hurricane Ian, community members expressed ...