Coral reefs may seem like paradise, but they are being degraded by a range of global and local factors, including climate change, poor water quality, and overfishing. New research reveals that ...

Over the past twenty years, coral reef restoration has seen unprecedented growth worldwide. From Indonesia to the Caribbean, thousands of projects have been launched with the goal of "saving" coral ...

Coral reefs are among the most detailed and fragile natural systems on the planet, supporting marine life, shaping coastlines, and driving entire tourism economies. They occupy only a tiny section of ...

TSURUOKA, Yamagata Prefecture--A species of coral previously not found this far north in Japanese waters has been found to be thriving, a possible sign of global warming, according to an expert. The ...

The island nation of Mauritius is home to nearly 250 kinds of corals, but saw 80% of its corals bleached in the latest mass bleaching caused in part by climate change. Faced with lackluster results ...

Dr. Herdís Steinsdóttir deploying an instrument near the reef in Eilat to record water currents, allowing her to keep track of the direction of sea currents. A new study shows that coral reefs don’t ...

His charges are a type of soft coral called gorgonians. "They're a fundamentally important part of the Caribbean and Floridian coral reef habitat," he says. Foord tends to more than 2,000 tiny soft ...

Shawna Foo receives funding from the Australian Research Council, Westpac Scholars Trust and the University of Sydney. Maria Byrne receives funding from the Australian Research Council and the Reef ...

Zoe Richards receives funding from the Minderoo Foundation. The heatwave in Western Australia last summer broke records. As marine scientists, we were deeply concerned about whether Ningaloo’s corals ...