Coral reefs, the "rainforests of the sea," provide habitats for 25% of all marine life. Critical to global biodiversity, they are essential for food supply, culture and recreation and coastal ...

It's no secret that Florida's iconic coral reefs are in trouble.

The legislation aims to speed up a decades old federal program for oil companies to leave their pipelines and platforms on ...

Coral reefs appear to run a daily timetable for microscopic life in nearby waters. Scientists found that microbial ...

The researchers found that coral reefs across the world could raise sustainable fish production by almost 50 percent. This increase could provide between 20,000 and 162 million extra fish servings per ...

With support from a National Science Foundation Mid-Career Advancement Grant, Associate Professor of Geology Pedro Marenco is ...

The global reduction in sulphur content in ship fuels has inadvertently worsened coral bleaching events on Australia's Great ...

A deep-sea catshark (Scyliorhinus haeckelii) documented at 198 meters on the outer edge of the continental shelf, near the ...

A vote this week could reinstate shrimp trawling for the first time in decades in a protected area off the coast of Fort ...

Coral reefs are one of the most diverse ecosystems on the planet. What are the abiotic and biotic interactions that structure this diverse ecosystem? Corals are members of the phylum Cnidaria, a ...

According to a research group in the U.S., nations competing for the South China Sea have wiped out nearly 28.3 square ...

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