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

"Far from being doomed, in their natural state most coral atoll islands could adapt to sea level rise," says Dr Sebastian Steibl from the University of Auckland in New Zealand, lead author of the ...

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 ...

San Félix discovered the coral while filming near an island called Malaulalo for an ... in part by documenting sea life. Malaulalo is mostly uninhabited and its waters are largely unexplored ...

The Gaya Island Resort boasts stunning villas and gorgeous ocean views, but the real jewel lies in its local conservation ...

This is a fossilized coral ... to four islands of the Seychelles and a geochemistry lab in Madison, Wis. to document how fossil corals are helping scientists predict future sea level rise.

The coral is a standalone structure, unlike a reef which is built on a symbiotic relationship between corals and sea anemones. The mammoth coral belonging to the species Pavona clavus was found by ...

so coral is very, very important." Small, low-lying island nations such as the Solomons are among the most vulnerable to the increasing effects of climate change and sea-level rise.

The “large, conspicuous” animals are often seen by divers in the Galapagos Islands but went misidentified for over 180 years ...

It was found by a National Geographic team conducting an expedition in the Solomon Islands in October ... every organism on a coral reef plays a vital role, such as sea cucumbers that clean ...