In the twilight depths of the Gulf of Mexico, about as deep down as a football field is long, U.S. Navy divers carefully snip ...

Coral reefs are likely one of the most common subjects of nature documentaries and hold special interest in the world for ...

As world leaders gather to address a global marine crisis at the UN Ocean Conference, scientists from the Woods Hole ...

Scientists on board a deep-sea expedition to the South Sandwich Islands near Antarctica have returned with a treasure trove of photos of previously unseen marine life. They found coral gardens ...

Importantly, this indicates that even the upper sea level rise bounds are within the survival limits of resilient reef ...

WASHINGTON — Scientists have mapped the largest coral reef deep in the ocean, stretching hundreds of miles off the U.S. Atlantic coast. While researchers have known since the 1960s that some ...

Much has been learned about heat-resistant corals in the last decade. Village by village and beach by beach, reef restoration ...

When Victoria Glynn came to Panama to study the effects of extreme ocean temperatures on coral reefs at the Smithsonian ...

As coral reefs undergo a fourth global mass bleaching event, marine scientists have been studying whether new reefs might ...

A probiotic paste prevented the spread of stony coral tissue loss disease, but the treatment is still a proof-of-concept, not a cure.