Spotted as part of a citizen scientist project, the “undulating meadows” of Pavona clavus coral stretch over an area half the ...

A mother-daughter team of citizen scientists has discovered a single coral colony on the Great Barrier Reef stretching more ...

A recent report on global tipping points warned that coral reefs face widespread dieback and have reached a point from which they cannot recover.

Coral reefs cover less than 1% of the ocean floor, but have some amazing superpowers. The next 10 years are a critical window for action to save our reefs.

A new synthesis published in Nature Reviews Earth and Environment finds that coral reefs transition to net erosion under all emissions scenarios, even low-to-moderate ones, but that the spread of heat ...

Why does a Caribbean angelfish sometimes resemble its Indo-Pacific cousin, even though they have never lived in the same ocean? Why do coral reefs harbor such a wide range of stripes, spots and ...

Isotope evidence from fossil otoliths shows Caribbean reef food chains have shrunk by up to 70%, signaling a major loss of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Thanks to the dire condition of the Earth's coral reefs, the planet has now reached its first tipping point for human-caused ...

Proposed Endangered Species Act rollbacks and military expansions are leaving the Pacific’s most diverse coral reefs legally defenseless.

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (FOX 5/KUSI) — Cliff Kapono, the only professional surfer in the world with a doctorate degree, is making waves in both surfing and science. Much more is known about the surface of ...

Scientists recently discovered 'hidden chemical universe' inside coral reefs that could provide solutions to human diseases ...