The Coral Triangle is an extremely biodiverse patch of ocean around the Philippines and Papua New Guinea. Its relatively ...

Off the coast of Papua New Guinea, a "dwarf"-like sea creature with spotted eyes swam around a reef. It darted into a nearby ...

A large white coral reef containing important species and fossil traces has been discovered at a depth of more than 1,640 ...

New 'hairy' coral species is named after Chewbacca, the Star Wars character, after the discovery in the tropical western Pacific.

While it’s not helping fly the Millennium Falcon, marine biologists have discovered a new type of deep-sea coral in the western Pacific Ocean that bears a striking similarity to a certain beloved Star ...

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Some corals adjust their skeleton chemistry to withstand acidifying oceans, offering resilience but not immunity to climate ...

We are looking for commercial trappers and recreational stone crabbers to be on the lookout for a possible new invasive ...

On occasion, it is of vital importance to consider how little we know about the spinning rock we all live on. Take coral reefs, for example. Given how much they've been studied, you'd think we've ...

A 2022 deep-sea voyage discovered a glowing shark and a delicate, porcelain crab species off the coast of Western Australia.

China’s declaration of a nature reserve in the South China Sea is the latest twist in its yearslong push to establish control over the strategically important waters and sea lane. The National ...

As autumn brings relief from peak summer heat, the Red Sea’s coral reefs enter a period of environmental recovery in a region ...