Education specialist Luke Richmond explains this and more from the Aquarium of the Pacific.

For people who are not experts, what are the signs of a collapsing reef system? Firstly, less color, because there’s less ...

Unlike a reef, which consists of many colonies, this coral is a single specimen that has grown continuously for centuries. “Just when we think there is nothing left to discover on planet Earth ...

Tiny Fish a Big Buffet for Coral Reef Dwellers. Why don’t big fish pick on someone their own size? Because little larvae are tasty and abundant. Research published in Science on Thursday highlights ...

Mote Marine Laboratory has opened a new, interactive exhibit designed to allow kids channel their inner marine scientist. The Mystery Reef exhibit will challenge participants to become coral ...

Florida’s coral reefs suffered intense die-offs after the record-breaking marine heat wave in summer 2023, a new survey from NOAA shows.

Global coral reef bleaching event is largest on record, report says 03:59. Harmful bleaching of the world's coral has grown to include 84% of the ocean's reefs in the most intense event of its ...

Volcanic islands, such as the islands of Hawaii and the Caribbean, are surrounded by coral reefs that encircle an island in a ...

Global coral reef bleaching event is largest on record, report says 03:59. Scientists say they have found the world's largest coral near the Pacific's Solomon Islands, announcing Thursday a major ...

Reef herons (Egretta sacra), unlike true seabirds, live onshore year-round. While seabirds hunt far out beyond the reef, reef herons fish along the cay and reef flat.

There were a lot of them, including big heads of brain coral and even some pillar corals, which have been hit especially hard by SCTLD in the Caribbean. Perhaps these colonies are resistant to the ...

It’s more than 100 feet long, at least 300 years old and visible from space. The world’s largest coral has just been discovered in the southwest Pacific Ocean, scientists announced Wednesday ...