Central America’s Mesoamerican Reef is half the length of its famous Australian counterpart but in many ways more remarkable.

I should be watching my dive buddy, but I’m distracted by a giant clam. It’s electric blue mottled with black swirls, like ink dispersing in water. A pink-striped parrot fish is munching on a piece of ...

On June 1st, the world celebrated World Reef Awareness Day 2025 under the urgent theme: “Bringing Corals Back to Life.” This day highlights the indispensable role coral reefs play in sustaining marine ...

National Geographic scientists recently discovered the world's largest coral colony in the southwest Pacific Ocean, deemed the "mega" coral. The National Geographic Society's Pristine Seas team ...

An international research team led by the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) with the participation of the Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) in Bremen has taken a close ...

The nearest ocean is some 1,200 miles from Iowa, but the audience at tonight’s presentation in Des Moines may almost be able to taste and smell the salt air. On this Earth Day, National Geographic ...