The structural complexity of coral reefs creates a vibrant underwater city populated by a diverse assortment of characters. Ironically, this same complexity can impede coral recovery after ...

The Coral City Camera has captured all sorts of ocean animals – including these magical marine mammals.

Coral reefs, worth an estimated $9.8 trillion a year to humanity, are in far worse shape than previously realized. A massive international study found that during the 2014–2017 global marine heatwave, ...

Divers are installing waterproof speakers in the ocean to help pull a coral reef near Jamaica back from the brink The northern coast of Jamaica once served as the backdrop for scenes in the James Bond ...

APOLLO BEACH, Fla. — The Florida Aquarium transferred out 9,000 juvenile corals to two restoration partners on Wednesday. It’s all part of Florida’s Coral Reef Restoration and Recovery Initiative, ...

Grunts swim past staghorn coral on a reef just outside Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. (Shireen Rahimi/For The Washington Post) The fate of one of the last thriving coral reefs in Florida ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover global and domestic health care and conservation. Two years ago almost to the day, my wife Tracy and I found ourselves ...

A new study recently released found more than half the world's coral reefs are bleached because of ocean warming. Data from more than 15,000 reefs globally analyzed by a team of scientists over a ...

Coral reefs are often described in scientific terms: ecosystems rich in biodiversity, natural storm barriers, and sources of food and income. Yet for many scientists, the path into reef research did ...

Baby coral growing at The Florida Aquarium Coral Conservation and Research Center. Photo by Leah Burdick The Florida Aquarium’s Coral Conservation and Research Center is one of Florida’s top coral ...

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 ...

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 ...