Off- the-beaten-track places are harder to find than ever, particularly when you can fly straight there, but Espiritu Santo ...

A fringing reef offers near-transparent water full of fish. When cruise ships come to town, impromptu souvenir stands open, but today all I can find is a simple seafood restaurant: a timber shack ...

Escape to a private Australian island resort by the Great Barrier Reef, where all-inclusive luxury meets adventure with water ...

The 2025 whale shark season is off to an exciting start with the first sightings of these gentle giants at Ningaloo Reef. Ningaloo Aviation spotted two whale sharks during a scenic flight ...

This study makes the fundamental discovery of the first natural animal rhodopsin that uses a chloride ion instead of an amino acid side chain as a counterion. Using a combination of biochemical and ...

Researchers have found that reef fish from the Arabian Gulf, the world's hottest sea, exhibit a higher tolerance to temperature fluctuations compared to those from more thermally stable coral reefs.

Feb. 12, 2025 — Researchers are designing a global real-time monitoring system to help save the world's coral reefs from further decline, primarily due to bleaching caused by global ...

Coral reefs are marine structures created by calcifying coral animals and their algal symbionts. Coral reef ecosystems are generally high in biodiversity, most often found in shallow tropical seas ...