KEY LARGO - Divers with Reef Renewal, a Florida Keys-based coral restoration group, have begun moving small coral colonies from a successful shallow coral nursery located in the Florida Keys National ...

Po‘opa‘a the foot long stocky hawkfish is a master at hunting on the Hawaiian shallow coral reefs. Local fishermen call it a rockfish, as it sits up on top of rock piles and coral heads where it uses ...

The total area of the planet that is covered in coral reefs is larger than previously thought, according to the most comprehensive high-resolution assessment of the world’s corals to date. Shallow ...

The 2024 Summer Olympics could include a unique sight: surfers wearing helmets. Griffin Colapinto, a member of the U.S. Olympic team, said he wore one last week. His concern is the risk of head ...

This article is republished from The Conversation. Armed with scrub brushes, young scuba divers took to the waters of Florida’s Alligator Reef in late July to try to help corals struggling to survive ...

Now we want to take you to the bottom of the ocean, where scientists have discovered what they now characterize as the largest deep sea coral habitat to be mapped and documented. (SOUNDBITE OF WATER ...

Coral bleaching is usually triggered by heat stress caused by increased water temperatures and UV radiation, but can occur due to other factors such as changes in water quality. 1. Change in ocean ...

New research has shown there is more coral reef area across the globe than previously thought, with detailed satellite mapping helping to conserve these vital ecosystems. University of Queensland-led ...