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

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (March 13, 2023) — In a paper published today in Current Biology, researchers from the California Academy of Sciences Hope for Reefs initiative, along with Brazilian collaborators ...

Since the 1970s, coral reefs in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS) have experienced catastrophic declines in coral cover, with as much as a 50% reduction between 1998 and 2011 alone.

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 ...

A survey published Tuesday in the journal Nature Communications analyzed the wide-reaching extent of “Third Global Coral ...

Coral bleaching occurs when stressed corals expel algae, turning them white. Coral reefs are vital ecosystems that support a vast diversity of marine life, provide coastal protection, and contribute ...

The Galápagos Islands are famed as a bizarre menagerie of blue-footed boobies, giant tortoises and seafaring iguanas. But the waters surrounding the archipelago are also brimming with biodiversity, ...

New study finds very few deep reefs have any form of protection, and face a multitude of threats, set only to escalate in the near future. Deep reefs are found below 30m and have a larger geographic ...