Reefs occupy just 1% of the world’s marine environment, but they provide a home to a quarter of marine species—including a unique set of fish, turtles and algae. Many of these species could be ...

threat-free environment. Also called coral nurseries or coral farms, coral gardens utilize small fragments of coral collected from damaged reefs or sustainably harvested from healthy reefs by ...

Despite their importance, over the past few decades climate change, overfishing and environmental mismanagement have seriously impacted the coral coverage and diversity of the world’s reefs ...

Reef Report Card continues to show coral reef devastation. Distressing report reveals change to world's second-largest ...

In time, it helps to create one of nature’s most spectacular ecosystems: a coral reef. Orange, blue, and sparkling-silver fish dart around a seascape of vibrant greens, yellows, pinks ...

Huawei, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and local partner Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) have launched a ...

“We can’t shield corals from the changing conditions in the water,” said Michael Webster, a professor in New York University’s department of environmental studies who has studied coral ...

According to an expert, the hunting of crown-of-thorns starfish has helped restore some of the coral reef that had been devastated by environmental changes. Takashi Nakamura, an associate ...

The much maligned rat is not a creature many would associate with coral reefs. But scientists studying reefs on tropical islands say the animals directly threaten the survival of these ecosystems.

More than 9 million visitors traveled to Hawai’i in 2023, contributing to a record-breaking $20.66 billion in visitor ...

Marine explorers have discovered a "pristine" 3km (2-mile) coral reef at depths of 30m (100ft) off the coast of Tahiti, French Polynesia. It is one of the largest discovered at that depth ...