The ocean stores a huge amount of carbon, but excessive human emissions are changing its chemistry. It's becoming more acidic — hitting marine ecosystems and causing coral reefs to crumble. Two ...

Kerby, a pioneer in coral reef conservation, spends many of his days gardening corals for reefs around Fiji and the Pacific.

Besides preserving and growing coral species, the Maui Ocean Center features a Living Reef Exhibit in its large aquarium. Courtesy photo/Maui Ocean Center At one of the largest saltwater aquarium ...

A new study finds that more than 70 percent of these protected zones are exposed to high levels of wastewater pollutants, ...

South Florida researchers trying to prevent predatory fish from devouring laboratory-grown coral are grasping at biodegradable straws in an effort to restore what some call the rainforest of the sea.

Some parts of this epic coral reef system weren’t even where the greatest reefs are found today. But remnants have survived.

A new project in the Caribbean is setting out to save coral reefs – and the world. The Ocean-Shot Project, spearheaded by climate scientist Dr. Deborah Brosnan, launched in 2021 to develop a "massive, ...

A new study study used ocean circulation models to tracking the movement of coral larvae across 850 reefs. Here's what it ...

The overheating of the Indian Ocean to potentially lethal levels due to marine heat waves and sea surface temperature ...