For more than a quarter billion years, coral reefs did far more than brighten shallow seas. Long before humans appeared, ...

Coral reefs make up less than 1% of ocean habitat but are home to at least 25% of marine species. These incredibly biodiverse ...

It’s no secret that Florida’s iconic coral reefs are in trouble. Repeated body blows from hurricanes, pollution, disease, ...

Scientists have created an AI model that forecasts moderate heat stress—a major precursor to coral bleaching—at sites along ...

After 10,000 years, they're now gone. Nearly all of Florida’s critically endangered Acropora coral colonies are now dead, after a record-breaking ocean heat wave in 2023. This marks the species’ ...

Coral reefs are one of the most diverse and important ecosystems on Earth, providing a wealth of benefits to coastal human communities and beyond. But coral reefs have also been dramatically impacted ...

Millions of tires, old washing machines, barges, warships, covering the ocean floor with thousands of square kilometers of concrete—even giant, concrete spheres full of holes: these are all things ...

Colorful coral reefs fill the underwater scene in the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Small fish swim freely among the coral formations. This view shows a healthy and active marine ecosystem.

Marine scientists compiling the most holistic “snapshot” of Thailand’s coral reefs to date have uncovered evidence of a long-suspected reality: Thailand’s coral reefs are losing structural complexity.

Researchers combine acoustic monitoring with a neural network to identify fish activity on coral reefs by sound. They trained the network to sort through the deluge of acoustic data automatically, ...