The Living Architecture of Our Oceans " These incredible structures are built by tiny animals called polyps that secrete calcium carbonate to form their hard skeletons. They occur in more than 100 ...

You may have heard that coral reefs are being threatened by human activity. For instance, the Fight for the Reef campaign aims to raise awareness about how proposed increases in shipping traffic and ...

MONROE COUNTY, Fla. — The reef along the Florida Keys is the third largest barrier reef in the world, and has protective qualities in the events of storms and hurricanes. But heat stress has caused ...

MIAMI - Many people here in South Florida may not know the importance of coral reefs and what they mean not only to our ecosystem, marine life, buildings, and our wallets. But unfortunately, many ...

Saving coral reefs isn’t just important to sea life. Here’s the connection between coral reefs and hurricanes.

Marine heat waves could wipe out coral reefs, threatening massive ecologic and economic consequences, scientists say. This photo courtesy of NOAA was captured at Rapture Reef at Papahānaumokuākea ...

Coral reefs help our oceans’ teeming biodiversity survive the impacts of climate change. They also protect communities from severe storms and hurricanes. What happens to corals when 40% of the world’s ...

A research team including UCLA doctoral students and professors found that sea urchins help maintain the resilience of coral reefs despite human activity. In the study published in February, ...

Caribbean reefs have suffered massive loss in hard coral cover since 1980, a new study suggests. According to the Global ...

With coral reefs in decline around the globe, scientists weren’t sure what they’d find during a 2½-year research cruise to survey the very tiniest organisms living among the fish and corals of Pacific ...

University of Sydney marine biologists have identified a devastating combination of coral bleaching and a rare necrotic ...