Coral reefs are surprisingly noisy places, and scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography suspected that noise might ...

Scientists and fishing communities in Peru and Mexico are rebuilding kelp forests and coral reefs as the Caribbean loses ground fast.

Tom Puchner and Sonja Napetschnig built the Coral Sailors Initiative to turn cruising snorkelers into reef scientists. The post The Cruisers Mapping Coral Reefs for Science appeared first on Cruising ...

For the first time, the world’s coral reefs have been assessed with the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems. The assessment covers ...

A new study from NYU Abu Dhabi has found that small coral reef fish in the Arabian Gulf are facing a hidden but growing source of stress. When oxygen levels drop at night, a common occurrence on some ...

A sweeping global assessment just classified the vast majority of the world's coral reef ecosystems under the most severe ...

With a human population of 8.3 billion people worldwide and millions facing malnutrition, food security is something to think about. But imagine if the ocean could help with that. Scientists at the ...

Coral reefs are under threat right now due to abnormally warm ocean temperatures. Scientists are studying the healthiest ...

Ancient forests submerged thousands of years ago have become thriving underwater peat reefs in Mozambique, supporting fish ...

A week ago, another study in the journal Nature by the IUCN found that nearly 44% of reef-building coral species face an ...

Where do you go when you’re a fish and you need a skincare treatment? Coral reefs contain natural “beauty salons,” lively social hubs of activity where fish “clients” swim up and wait to be serviced ...

If climate change continues apace, 96 percent of shallow coral reef ecosystems may collapse within 50 years, including in ...