The heatwave in Western Australia last summer broke records. As marine scientists, we were deeply concerned about whether ...

Did you know that coral reefs are vital to the survival of our ecosystem? And did you also know that reefs can be found as ...

Researchers in Hawaii have created a sort of underwater lab to see how new coral grows and thrives in different environments.

Scientists found Arctic fossils showing ocean life recovered just 3 million years after extinction, revealing how fast ...

Museum researchers reconstructed the evolutionary history of stony corals over the past 460 million years, providing insights ...

Fig. 3: Coral reefs, such as Elphinstone Reef in Egypt, are important habitats.

Though they've evolved over the years—but only a little—the twin Bahamian sanctuaries of Harbour Island and Eleuthera are ...

The tectonic plates under Africa and Asia are slowly drifting apart, as the Gulf of Suez that separates these two land masses ...

For 19 Columbia graduate students this past July, it was their classroom. Earlier this year, the M.S. in Sustainability ...

A scuba diver until age 79, Georgette Apol Douwma photographed reefs around the world and then transformed her images into dazzling kaleidoscopic designs. Photographer Georgette Apol Douwma’s ...

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — South Florida is seeing a wave of new cars, but they won’t add to traffic or lengthen anyone’s commute. That’s because the cars are made of marine-grade concrete and were ...