AUSTIN (KXAN) — Coral reefs around the world are facing some tough times. Between disease, warming oceans and human involvement, many reefs are dying off. This month, scientists reported that the ...

In an article published on August 9th in the science journal Bioscience, coral reef expert Peter Edmunds argues for further focus on the undersea creature. "If we're going to have a chance to really ...

Collection of water for analyzing reef water microorganisms is routinely done in St. John, USVI, using a Niskin bottle, which can be closed underwater at the sampling location. Woods Hole, MA (May 16, ...

A new paper in Oxford Open Climate Change, published by Oxford University Press, indicates that extensive bleaching and deaths are widespread at several major coral reefs around the world. This ...

A survey published Tuesday in the journal Nature Communications analyzed the wide-reaching extent of “Third Global Coral ...

Experimental set-up showing modules, half of which were caged to exclude predators of oysters. (Photo credit: Juan ...

Coral reefs are facing "mass extinction" as changing ocean currents continue to cause widespread bleaching events, a study has found. The new study, published in the journal Oxford Open Climate Change ...

As ocean temperatures rise due to climate change, corals and other sensitive organisms survive where temperatures are less extreme. But a new study from researchers at Florida Tech, published this ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Out among a scattering of islands spilled like beads into the Indonesian shallows, an ...

Tabulata and Rugosa are orders of extinct corals that have been taxonomically described for more than 170 years. They were among the main reef builders in the Palaeozoic era (which spanned 541 million ...

New York City is getting a pearl of underwater development off the shores of Brooklyn — one that will rival Australia’s Great Barrier Reef in terms of ecological importance. The Billion Oyster Project ...

Healthy coral reefs have rich soundscapes, full of the croaks, purrs, and grunts of various fishes and the crackling of snapping shrimp. Larval coral uses these sounds as cues to identify the best ...