Once a picturesque garden beneath the sea, some stretches of the Florida Coral Reef have now become graveyards. Unburied ...

The world's largest living structure is vast, spellbinding—and more at risk than ever. Here's why visiting Australia's Great Barrier Reef is actually a good thing.

Chris Hemsworth is proving once again that the God of Thunder doesn’t take a break—even on vacation. The 42-year-old Thor ...

Coral reefs, often called the rainforests of the sea, are among the most biologically diverse and ecologically important ecosystems on Earth. Despite covering less than 1% of the ocean floor, they ...

Saving coral reefs isn’t just important to sea life. Here’s the connection between coral reefs and hurricanes. Trump expected to sign executive order to reclassify marijuana as soon as Monday, source ...

Coral reefs may seem like paradise, but they are being degraded by a range of global and local factors, including climate change, poor water quality, and overfishing. New research reveals that ...

Coral reefs may seem like paradise, but they are being degraded by a range of global and local factors, including climate change, poor water quality, and overfishing. New research reveals that ...

Research indicates that coral reefs have been tuning Earth's cycles for hundreds of millions of years. U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, public domain. Coral reefs are Earth’s most ...

Plastic pollution is a growing problem in many reef ecosystems, and its effects are not well understood. Most previous research has focused exclusively on adult corals and their interactions with ...

The extent of coral reefs worldwide has played a key role in Earth’s climate in the past 250 million years – but not in the way you might expect. Coral reefs are net producers of carbon dioxide ...

Florida’s coral reefs provide protection from hurricane storm surges—and experts estimate that losing key species in those reefs could imperil thousands of lives. A blue tang fish swims among coral at ...

The island nation of Mauritius is home to nearly 250 kinds of corals, but saw 80% of its corals bleached in the latest mass bleaching caused in part by climate change. Faced with lackluster results ...