Scientists found that coral tissues record pollution from nearby human activity, revealing hidden stress before reefs show ...

A groundbreaking study has revealed the extensive mapping of over 64,000 square miles of heat-resistant coral reefs globally, ...

Human activities are fundamentally altering the chemical makeup of coral reefs, according to a study led by the University of ...

Coral reefs are home to over one million species, earning them the nickname "the rainforests of the sea." However, coral ...

New research has mapped more than 64,000 square miles where the crucial habitat seems to be somewhat protected from the impacts of the warming ocean ...

On Caribbean coral reefs, an unlikely partnership has gone largely unnoticed: Tiny fish regularly nestle within the feathery ...

Coral reefs, often called the rainforests of the sea, are among the most biologically diverse and ecologically important ecosystems on Earth. Despite covering less than 1% of the ocean floor, they ...

Roughly 84% of the world’s coral reef area has now been exposed to heat stress severe enough to trigger mass bleaching, the ...

Scientists find that natural ocean cooling can protect coral reefs from heatwaves, but only when climate conditions are right ...

Florida’s coral reef, which spans 350 miles and is the third-largest barrier reef system in the world, is dying. And Broward ...

A coral reef in Honolulu, Hawaii. Half of global coral coverage has disappeared since the 1950s. Donald Miralle via Getty Images Imagining a coral reef might bring to mind scenes teeming with fish, ...

SINGAPORE, June 16 (Reuters) - Scientists have identified nearly 166,000 sq km (64,000 sq miles) of coral reefs that are capable of surviving and recovering from climate change, three times more than ...