As marine biodiversity diminishes at an alarming rate, the scientific community is harnessing the power of cutting-edge technology to breathe new life into our oceans. Among the most promising ...

BEIJING: China's first coral reef blue hole — a large natural depression on the ocean floor — has been identified in the waters off Huangyan Island in the South China Sea, and it has emerged as a ...

Scientists are pleasantly surprised to have rediscovered a once presumed dead species that has emerged back in the spotlight ...

Previous research done in the 1960s did not thoroughly study the reef system.

From Cuba, new clues to coral reef survival In the summer of 2023, a small research vessel set out to do something no scientific expedition had done before: circle the entire Cuban archipelago, ...

Reef "beauty salons" staffed by tiny cleaner fish aren t just for parasite removal they may also shape the microbial life of the entire ecosystem. A fascinating new study shows these bustling fish ...

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

With a human population of 8.3 billion people worldwide and millions facing malnutrition, food security is something to think about. But imagine if the ocean could help with that. Scientists at the ...

STUART, Fla. — Dozens of community members gathered at the Blake Library in Martin County after a federally appointed council voted to roll back longstanding protections for the Oculina Bank — a rare ...

Amanda Hi-c works in Indonesia restoring coral reefs and educating millions on marine conservation through social media She highlights threats to reefs beyond climate change, including overfishing, ...