Tropical coral reefs encrust the coastlines of islands and continents near Earth’s equator but this zone, which has offered sufficient light and warmth for corals to evolve over hundreds of millions ...

On occasion, it is of vital importance to consider how little we know about the spinning rock we all live on. Take coral ...

On Caribbean coral reefs, small striped gobies perform a vital service. These finger-length cleaner fish pick parasites and ...

Places like northern Florida, southern Australia, and southern Japan might eventually see new reefs, but not soon enough to help many tropical coral species survive the 21st century.

It is of vital importance to, on occasion, consider how little we know about the spinning rock we all live on. Take coral reefs, for example. Given ...

Discover some of the world's rarest snakes. The St. Lucia Racer, Antiguan racer, and Albany adder face critical endangerment.

A healthy coral reef in American Samoa, left, experiencing coral bleaching due to a severe marine heatwave, center, and eventually dying, right. (The Ocean Agency and Ocean Image Bank., CC BY-NC) ...

Coral bleaching isn’t just an ocean crisis. Here’s how the global event endangers food security, local jobs—and the land ...

New research indicates reef passes — channels that cut through coral reefs and serve as conduits for ocean water and nutrients — are shaped by island rivers.

Canon EMEA is partnering with Nature Seychelles, a leading non-profit organisation in the Western Indian Ocean, and the Coral Spawning Lab (CSL), to lead a first-of-its-kind project designed to ...

The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council is considering reopening the Oculina Bank coral reef to rock shrimp trawling nets. Conservationists say that would destroy the rare coral reef found ...