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

Soft corals, which are members of the class Octocorallia, are major components of marine ecosystems, including coral reefs.

Tom Schils, Ph.D. (UOG Marine Laboratory): “Crustose calcifying red algae: Climate change winners on Guam’s reefs – Their abundance and contribution to the carbonate budget of coral reefs.” ...

The turquoise water of Hōnaunau Bay in Hawaii, an area popular with snorkelers and divers, is teeming with spiny creatures ...

For people who are not experts, what are the signs of a collapsing reef system? Firstly, less color, because there’s less ...

Volcanic islands, such as the islands of Hawaii and the Caribbean, are surrounded by coral reefs that encircle an island in a ...

Environmental science and conservation news. Citations: Apprill, A., & Salerno, J. L. (2025). Reef water microorganisms as diagnostic indicators for coral reef ecosystem management and sustainability.

By almost every measure, the coral in Tela Bay should be dead. Yet despite decades of pollution, industrial degradation, and heat waves that have decimated other reefs in the region, this reef on ...

Coral reefs face an uncertain recovery from the 4th ... While adult corals build solid structures that are firmly attached to the sea ... That allows the distribution of corals to shift ...

Researchers found that reef passes provide circulation to corals by allowing saltwater and maintain their health by transporting nutrients.

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 I ...