With NOAA confirming late last month that more than 83% of the planet's reefs have been hit by extreme ocean heat since ...

Coral reefs are known for their vibrant, rainbow-hued colors. They are vital to 25% of ocean life, even though they only make ...

There are 1,050 baby corals that arrived Wednesday in the Florida Keys for their next step in a mission to restore the marine ecosystem. The elkhorn corals are going to the Keys Marine Laboratory on ...

A new study links grazing halo patterns in coral reefs, as well as those in other patchy habitats, to the spatial patterns of the shelter habitat itself. The researchers found that grazing halos are ...

The biodiversity of Earth's oceans is disproportionately concentrated in coral reefs—the vibrant undersea ecosystems where ...

Coral reef halos, visible from satellites, can indicate reef health by reflecting predator presence and coral layout.

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

Frequent and illegal human activities by the Philippines have caused damage to the coral reef ecosystems around Tiexian Reef of the South China Sea, said a report released by the Ministry of ...

China has concluded that coral reef degradation in the waters surrounding Sandy Cay – a disputed reef in the South China Sea – was due to a combination of natural phenomena and human ...

(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 announced ...

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