Groundwater input to coral reefs directly affects water chemistry and triggers a cascade of changes in the coastal ecosystem, ...

The turquoise water of Hōnaunau Bay in Hawaii, an area popular with snorkelers and divers, is teeming with spiny creatures ...

Coral reefs are important, diverse ecosystems that provide food shelter, breeding grounds and nurseries for millions of species, about a quarter of all marine life.

Coral reefs are a crucial part of the marine ecosystem, providing habitats for all sorts of marine life and protecting coastlines from storm damage. But scientists say rising ocean temperatures ...

The ReefLine blends art with ocean conservation, building a new "hybrid reef" just 600 feet off the coast of Miami Beach.

Scientists are scrambling to protect coral reefs as rising ocean temperatures destabilise delicate ecosystems. The Great Barrier Reef has suffered four bleaching events in the last seven years ...

Coral in the Great Barrier Reef is resilient, and has been able to recover from past disturbances, the Institute said. But the stressors impacting it have not gone away for long.

Covering nearly 133,000 square miles (345,000 square kilometers), the Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest coral reef, home to more than 1,500 species of fish and 411 species of hard corals.

Florida's coral reef system is large, stretching 350 miles from the Dry Tortugas off the coast of Key West to Martin County, north of Palm Beach on the Atlantic side of the state.