Why are there so many species of coral reef fish? According to a new study, it's because about 50 million years ago, some fish figured out how to bite food from hard surfaces.

New research published in Science Advances reveals that the largest expansion of coral reefs in the past 100 million years ...

A new exhibit at the NC Aquarium at Fort Fisher features a Caribbean coral reef (Photo: NC Aquarium at Fort Fisher) FORT FISHER, NC (WWAY) — Thursday is World Reef Day, and the NC Aquarium at Fort ...

The reef, made from 2,100 tons of recycled concrete, will provide habitat for marine life and improve water quality. The project is part of a larger effort to restore the river's ecosystem and enhance ...

A newly restored reef at Channel Island in Saginaw Bay is intended to support native fish spawning and increase their numbers ...

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 coral were present off ...

His charges are a type of soft coral called gorgonians. "They're a fundamentally important part of the Caribbean and Floridian coral reef habitat," he says. Foord tends to more than 2,000 tiny soft ...

Acropora corals with colorful bleaching in New Caledonia. (Photo courtesy The Ocean Agency / XL Catlin Seaview Survey) (CN) — Planet Earth has lost 14% of its coral reefs in a decade primarily as a ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— The National Marine Fisheries Service has proposed to protect more than 900 square miles in the western North Atlantic Ocean for the threatened Nassau grouper. The fish’s ...

The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority has shared a new update on the agency's project to turn old rail cars into a coral reef. In December 2023, MARTA dismantled and cleaned two ...