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

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

Scientists have long known that plastic waste is bad for marine animals. A new study quantifies how little ingested plastic ...

Crown-of-thorns starfish are large, spiny, and eat coral reefs and without enough natural predators to control their population, someone had to create one. Would you like a crown-of-thorns starfish ...

As tropical corals reach a climate tipping point, Ireland's own cold-water coral reefs, deep in the Atlantic, are only just ...

Discover this paradise beach resort in Malaysia, tucked on the side of a hill, that offers spa treatments, four restaurants, ...

The Maldives may steal the spotlight, but Southeast Asia is packed with islands that easily rival, and often outshine, those famous turquoise atolls. From untouched coral reefs to bohemian beach towns ...

This beautiful but terrible menace is threatening the Gulf’s underwater ecosystem. The only way to control the species is to spear the fish one by one.

Over the last two months, via expansive reports and overhead surveys, AIMS has determined that 2025 marks another coral mass ...

The most sophisticated modelling to date forecasts that under the current global emissions pathway the Great Barrier Reef could lose most of its coral by the end of the century, but curbing climate ...

QUT scientists reveal how corals heal and reattach to reefs through tissue transformation, self-digestion, and skeleton growth — a discovery that could revolutionize coral restoration and revive reefs ...

After a searing ocean heat wave in 2023, two of the most historically important coral species in Florida are functionally extinct from the state’s reef, scientists have found. Elkhorn and staghorn ...