The huge monster-sized animal, measuring over 100 feet across, isn't a fish or even a marine mammal like a whale. It's a ...

Among the myriad creatures that populate our ocean, some stand out as having an outsized impact on the marine environment—shaping and maintaining habitats that themselves sustain countless other forms ...

When Palacio and her team examined coral reefs after the 2015–2016 heat wave, they found that particular corals called Pocillopora —the main reef-building coral species in the eastern tropical Pacific ...

An artificial reef is a way of boosting the ocean's capacity to create fish, to increase the life of the Gulf." Some biologists worry that artificial reefs simply attract fish from natural reefs ...

The coral reefs of Nha Trang, Vietnam, are in severe decline due to climate change, overfishing, and pollution.

The Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Australia is the largest coral reef in the world. It spans 1,400 miles and is home to 400 types of coral, 1,500 species of fish and 4,000 types of mollusk ...

Studying coral reefs used to mean hours of grueling manual analysis, but artificial intelligence is changing the game. A new ...

Coral reefs are often referred to as the rainforests of the ocean, a fitting comparison that highlights both their immense biodiversity and their critical role in supporting marine life.

Coral reefs are hot spots for more than fish. Fish and corals in reefs across the Pacific Ocean may harbor nearly 3 million varieties of bacteria, researchers report June 1 in Nature Communications.

Near an island in the South Pacific Ocean, a bright red sea creature with “canine-like” teeth swam around the coral reef.

Coral reefs are some of the world's most diverse ecosystems. Despite making up less than 1% of the world's oceans, one ...

This is a fossilized coral — one of dozens scattered across the Indian Ocean archipelago of the Seychelles. It is a piece of history, hidden in plain sight. It tells of a time 125,000 years ago ...