Record-breaking ocean heat has taken a devastating toll on one of the world’s greatest natural wonders, with coral bleaching ...

British marine biologist and photographer Richard Smith focuses his work on the ocean’s tiniest and weirdest creatures.

While the discovery of the world’s largest coral is a game-changer, there’s still so much more to learn about the marine life ...

Off the coast of the Maldives, the coral reef “twilight zone” is buzzing with life. This section of reef — categorized as ...

19, 2024 — A new study examines the correlation between fish yield and live coral habitats. Researchers analyzed the yields of nine fisheries dependent on Australia's Great Barrier Reef from ...

In large numbers, crown-of-thorns starfish can mow down wide swaths of coral reef. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) reports that Acropora species are in the top three ...

The reef-building coral has a hard shell and creates coral ... of local diving store Urban Sports in April 2023 who posted photos on social media. Hiroya Yamano, a professor at the University ...

Three of the new species — Haliclona pahua, Haliclona kahoe and Haliclona loe — are new to science, Toonen said. They were ...

Horiguchi has taken pictures of coral in the same area of the island's Sakieda Bay about 10 times since 2019, but had never seen the coral reef stretching so far. “I could feel the vitality of ...