Why do people care about coral reefs? Why does their damage cause such concern and outrage? What drives people to go to great ...

Corals are crucial to the marine ecosystem, but are threatened by pollution and climate change. Tracking their larvae might help.

Coral reefs around the world are losing their color at an unprecedented scale as a result of rising sea temperatures, federal marine scientists announced this week, with 84 percent of reefs ...

Coral reefs on the brink of death are attempting to send a survival signal, via fluorescent neon colors.

The words "coral reef" evoke a riot of color and life. But the ecosystem's disappearing. Now, new evidence points to an ally for the coral reef: a little creature called the sea cucumber.

World Reef Day kicks off in Hawaii on June 1. A quarter of the world's coral has disappeared in the last 30 years, and scientists warn that coral reefs could be entirely wiped out by the end of ...

Warmer waters are cooking coral, sapping reefs of their color and life. The best solution could be 3D printing.

As ocean temperatures rise, the coral reefs become bleached, losing their color and dying, while sea level rises, deoxygenation and acidification pose other threats.

This year’s extreme heat is putting the world’s coral reefs under such severe stress that scientists fear widespread die-offs, endangering not only the richest ecosystems in the ocean but also ...