A new study reveals that more than half of the world's coral reefs are bleached because of ocean warming, with 15% ...

Coral reefs, worth an estimated $9.8 trillion a year to humanity, are in far worse shape than previously realized. A massive ...

As ocean temperatures rise due to climate change, corals and other sensitive organisms survive where temperatures are less ...

Benefits to society from coral reefs, including fisheries, tourism, coastal protection, pharmaceutical discovery and more, ...

Coral reefs are often described in scientific terms: ecosystems rich in biodiversity, natural storm barriers, and sources of food and income. Yet for many scientists, the path into reef research did ...

Shorter food chains could mean reefs are less able to weather changes in food availability, threatening an already vulnerable ...

For more than a quarter billion years, coral reefs did far more than brighten shallow seas. Long before humans appeared, ...

Hawaii has plenty of gorgeous coral reefs that snorkelers love to explore, but the science behind the reefs is just as ...

Human activity has lessened the resilience of modern coral reefs by restricting the food-fueled energy flow that moves ...

Biosphere 2's Ocean Habitat is welcoming corals for the first time in over 30 years, potentially aiding global coral reef ...

Over half of the world's coral reefs were bleached during a record heatwave from 2014-2017, with a new, more severe event ...

Coral reefs are undoubtedly in crisis. Scientists have documented concerning coral bleaching events, dramatic declines in coral cover, fish and shark populations across the Caribbean over recent ...