Rising ocean acidity weakens corals, boosts algae and makes reefs flatter. Even small chemical changes reshape reef life.

The Caribbean is known for its breathtaking aqua seas, but some stand out above the rest for waters so clear they appear ...

Kauaʻi's first Coral Restoration Nursery opens, aiming to boost reef resilience and marine ecosystems health through coral ...

Kauaʻi Coral Restoration Nursery at Nōmilu Fishpond is the island's new and only coral nursery, housing its first coral ...

By 2100, Australian and global coral reef communities will be slow to recover, less complex, and dominated by fleshy algae, ...

Floridians are not used to hearing the word "extinct" applied to species that play significant roles in the state's ...

A new documentary, ‘Reef Builders,’ explores how coral reefs around the world have been decimated by climate change—and the work happening to bring them back. 84% of the planet’s coral is now impacted ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --Researchers from the Shedd Aquarium just returned from the Florida Keys and are sharing their findings on the impact of rising ocean temperatures. Those researchers focused their work ...

Florida’s coral reefs provide protection from hurricane storm surges—and experts estimate that losing key species in those ...

Harmful bleaching of the world's coral has grown to include 84% of the ocean's reefs in the most intense event of its kind in recorded history, the International Coral Reef Initiative announced ...

By Victoria Schneider Over the past year, a dredger operated by Dutch company Van Oord cut through a coral reef off the coast ...

Coral reefs are one of the most diverse ecosystems on the planet. What are the abiotic and biotic interactions that structure this diverse ecosystem? Corals are members of the phylum Cnidaria, a ...