Two Hawaii firefighters and a scientist are behind a Hawaii initiative to build coral reefs, and they are featured in a new documentary. Kuleana Coral Restoration gives broken, damaged coral a ...

Scientists and cultural practitioners are working to protect coral reefs and further understand the organisms foundational to life on Earth.

The Hawaiian islands are known for their gorgeous sunsets and white sandy beaches, but you'll miss half of their natural ...

Coral reefs are a crucial part of the marine ecosystem, providing habitats for all sorts of marine life and protecting coastlines from storm damage. But scientists say rising ocean temperatures are ...

(courtesy, Rebecca Vega Thurber) Despite our northern location, the U.S. hosts many tropical coral reefs, including in Florida, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Guam, to name just ...

(AP) - 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 ...

Harmful bleaching of the world’s coral has now grown to include 84% of the ocean’s reefs in the most intense event of its ...

Bleached coral dies when exposed to heat stress for too long, threatening the bountiful marine ecosystem that depends on it ...

In dynamic ecosystems, and especially in the nutrient-limited environments where coral reefs grow, not much will go to waste. Microbes dominate when it comes to decomposing, recycling, and ...

New research revealed the remarkable chemical diversity of substances exuded by coral reefs and demonstrated that thousands of different chemicals derived from tropical corals and seaweeds are ...