An international expedition including University of Sydney researchers has pieced together the clearest picture yet of how ...

Global plans to drill and expand fossil fuel projects overlap with marine protected areas and important fishing grounds, a ...

University of Miami researchers and collaborators have expanded an offshore reef restoration and coastal resilience project ...

A giant black coral estimated to be 300–400 years old has been discovered deep in Fiordland, New Zealand, astonishing researchers with its enormous size—about 4 meters tall and 4.5 meters wide.

Energy fluxes throughout ecosystems can be predicted by scaling relationships linking metabolic rates with the structural attributes of organisms and habitats. Coral reef ecosystems are structurally ...

This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. On the island of Moorea, in French Polynesia, deep green volcanic mountains slope from high peaks down towards the sea. But they don’t stop at the ...

Every year on June 1, World Reef Awareness Day shines a spotlight on one of Earth’s most remarkable ecosystems. Coral reefs occupy less than one percent of the ocean floor, yet they support at least ...

Coral reefs, once thriving underwater cities teeming with life, now face an unprecedented crisis. Scientists have declared that coral reefs have become the first major environmental system on Earth to ...