Scientists have developed an autonomous underwater robot that can locate and map biodiversity hotspots ...

Coral reefs are essential to the health of oceans, the food supply and to protecting the coast from storms. But as climate ...

Living by the sea in the tropics means being exposed to some of nature's most powerful forces. Hurricanes can bring storm ...

KAUST scientists have successfully expanded coral spawning beyond its natural window by recreating environmental cues in ...

When people picture Guadalupe Mountains National Park, they imagine an arid, peak-speckled stretch of the Arizona-New Mexico Mountains and Chihuahuan Desert. It’s a Texan place of heat, plunging ...

At 1.5C of global warming, up to 90% of coral reefs could be lost. The next few months could be a defining moment ...

“Five bouts of mass bleaching since 1998 have turned the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) into a checkerboard of reefs with very different recent histories, ranging from two percent of reefs that have escaped ...

STUART, Fla. — At the Florida Oceanographic Center in Stuart, feeding time gets the attention of the inhabitants of the Gamefish Lagoon. Now, a two-ton piece of concrete hopes to capture that same ...

Coral reefs may be able to recover from disaster, according to a study that provides a bit of reassurance about the future of these endangered ecosystems. Coral reefs around the world are at risk as ...

Coral reefs, some of the most stunningly beautiful marine ecosystems on Earth, are dying. Ninety percent of them will likely be gone by 2050 due to rising ocean temperatures and pollution. “But it’s ...

CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C. (WCIV) — Once-used scrap metal is now being used as an artificial reef. A 250-foot barge is about 10 miles offshore of Edisto. It joins a great white shark sculpture. Both are ...

South Florida is seeing a wave of new cars, but they won't add to traffic or lengthen anyone's commute. That's because the cars are made of marine-grade concrete and were installed underwater. Over ...