Spotted as part of a citizen scientist project, the “undulating meadows” of Pavona clavus coral stretch over an area half the ...

A recent report on global tipping points warned that coral reefs face widespread dieback and have reached a point from which they cannot recover.

Why does a Caribbean angelfish sometimes resemble its Indo-Pacific cousin, even though they have never lived in the same ocean? Why do coral reefs harbor such a wide range of stripes, spots and ...

Isotope evidence from fossil otoliths shows Caribbean reef food chains have shrunk by up to 70%, signaling a major loss of ...

After a disastrous year for coral reefs in which abnormally high ocean temperatures served a fatal blow to many of the vital underwater ecosystems, researchers have found a glimmer of hope off the ...

Climate change and greenhouse gas emissions have been highly political issues since the terms went mainstream nearly three decades ago. Despite scientists and researchers warning world leaders that a ...

Coral reefs are teeming with life: they are home to over a third of all marine animal and plant species on Earth, despite ...

Scientists recently discovered 'hidden chemical universe' inside coral reefs that could provide solutions to human diseases ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists have mapped the largest coral reef deep in the ocean, stretching hundreds of miles off the U.S.

Proposed Endangered Species Act rollbacks and military expansions are leaving the Pacific’s most diverse coral reefs legally defenseless.

WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 ...