The planet holds countless natural wonders, yet few match the sheer complexity of the Great Barrier Reef off Australia's northeastern coast. This underwater metropolis stretches for over 2,300 ...

Submarine lava flows on the leeward flank of the Island of Hawai‘i, USA, were examined by submersible and remotely operated vehicles to understand the structure and development of deep-water coral ...

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

LOS ANGELES - Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is the world’s most extensive stretch of coral reef with over 1,500 species of fish and about 400 types of coral. But a newly published study examining ...

This summer, it was all over the media. Driven by the climate crisis, the oceans have now also passed a critical point: The ...

image: The world's coral reefs are becoming extinct due to many factors such as global warming and accelerated urbanization in coastal areas, which places tremendous stress on marine life. In a paper ...

ABSTRACT: Theory predicts that loss of gape-limited sharks should lead to increases in the abundance and biomass of smaller size classes of prey. We used stereo-baited remote underwater video stations ...

Part I. The Natural History Quest, 1600-1900. 1. The coral reef enigma ; 2. The scientific revolution of the 17th century ; 3. Discovery of the polyp ; 4. Origin and structure of coral reefs ; 5. The ...

In its most sweeping use of the Endangered Species Act, the nation's oceans agency on Friday proposed listing 66 species of coral as endangered or threatened -- and cited climate change as driving ...