Tropical coral reefs encrust the coastlines of islands and continents near Earth’s equator but this zone, which has offered ...

“There’s a lot of freshwater runoff, a lot of murky water, and huge fluctuations in salinity.” (7 of the best reef-safe sunscreens.) Pencil coral flourish along the reef in Tela Bay, Honduras.

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 ...

ST. JOHN, U.S. Virgin Islands—Thirty-five feet deep in clear turquoise waters, a three-foot-long yellow underwater robot maneuvers over a coral reef at a popular snorkeling site named Tektite.

Volcanic islands, such as the islands of Hawaii and the Caribbean, are surrounded by coral reefs that encircle an island in a labyrinthine, living ring. A coral reef is punctured at points by reef ...

Tropical reefs might look like inanimate rock, but these colorful seascapes are built by tiny jellyfish-like animals called corals. While adult corals build solid structures that are firmly ...

The task force leading U.S. efforts to preserve and protect coral reef ecosystems recognized the coral reef and fisheries conservation work of three University of Guam Marine Laboratory researchers.

The Oculina Bank, named after the slow-growing ivory tree coral Oculina varicosa, is a narrow strip of coral reef that runs from Flagler Beach to Fort Pierce. The reef is thousands of years old ...

HONOLULU (Island News) — This Sunday marks World Oceans Day, a global reminder of just how vital our oceans are—to the planet, to biodiversity, and to future generations. Here in Hawai‘i ...

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 ...