Two very different restoration projects took shape in Mobile Bay Thursday morning, but both share the same mission: ...

Off the northern coast of the Jamaica, there's a coral reef that's fighting for its life. What's this unusual approach to ...

Just a few nights under the glow of coastal lights is enough to send reef fish into a spiral of sleeplessness and aggression, ...

Consider trying to sleep beneath a bright, constant light. Chances are you will be tossing and turning throughout the night, ...

This video shows a remote tropical island in Sabah, Malaysia, surrounded by bright turquoise shallow reefs and deep blue sea. From above, the island appears covered with dense green forest, while the ...

For years, the outlook for coral reefs has been increasingly bleak. Mass coral bleaching events caused by severe marine heatwaves have fueled repeated warnings that reefs are rapidly on an ...

New research has identified areas around the world where cooler currents and other favorable conditions are helping to protect coral from the worst effects of global warming. By Katharine Houreld ...

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 ...

Scuba divers may be beating up coral reefs more than they think. Video analyses of divers show that more than 80 percent of damaging physical contact with the reef is unintended or simply unnoticed, ...

In a devastated section of the Coral Triangle in the Pacific Ocean, a conservation group is trying to build an artificial reef. Robin Philippo, the managing director of the Tropical Research and ...

A collaborative research team has revealed the long-overlooked carbon storage potential of coral reef ecosystems and how reef-dwelling fish, corals, and surface sediments jointly shape reef carbon ...