Beneath the ocean’s surface exists one of nature’s most extraordinary collaborative systems: coral reefs. These vibrant underwater ecosystems aren’t just collections of individual organisms—they’re ...

On occasion, it is of vital importance to consider how little we know about the spinning rock we all live on. Take coral ...

A groundbreaking discovery reveals how an ancient, vanished sea continues to shape the diversity of soft corals.

Tropical coral reefs encrust the coastlines of islands and continents near Earth’s equator but this zone, which has offered ...

No one was held responsible for the 2024 Kewalo Basin incident, highlighting some of the difficulties in reef damage ...

Longline fishing boats bobbed in the water at Pier 38 on Tuesday afternoon as Vietnamese pop music echoed from one of the ...

U.S. coral reefs "were hit hardest, with two years of severe bleaching in Florida and Hawaii, three in the Commonwealth of the Mariana Islands, and four in Guam," NOAA reported.

It is of vital importance to, on occasion, consider how little we know about the spinning rock we all live on. Take coral reefs, for example. Given ...

Each coral polyp operates with a basic nerve net that lets it respond to touch and changes in light. While individual polyps are tiny, together they create some of the largest and most biodiverse ...

Scientists have mapped a hidden hotspot of soft coral diversity off East Africa, revealing surprising reef dynamics.