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

Coral reefs are one of the most diverse ecosystems on the planet. What are the abiotic and biotic interactions that structure this diverse ecosystem? Corals are members of the phylum Cnidaria, a ...

The ongoing loss of coral reefs in the northern South China Sea is the result of a complex interplay of global and local factors. An international long-term study, published in Nature Communications, ...

Beneath the beauty of coral reefs lies a hidden universe of microbes unlike anything scientists expected. Each coral species ...

Why are there so many species of coral reef fish? According to a new study, it’s because about 50 million years ago, some ...

Coral reefs, worth an estimated $9.8 trillion a year to humanity, are in far worse shape than previously realized. A massive international study found that during the 2014–2017 global marine heatwave, ...

For decades, coral reefs throughout the Caribbean have been suffering from disease, pollution, overfishing and rising sea ...

Tropical rainforests and coral reefs are both highly complex ecosystems that are rich in biodiversity. Coral reefs are often described as underwater rainforests. -- Maui Ocean Center photo Tropical ...

Coral reefs are often described in scientific terms: ecosystems rich in biodiversity, natural storm barriers, and sources of food and income. Yet for many scientists, the path into reef research did ...

C. Mark Eakin is the former head of Coral Reef Watch at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. In a new study, he and his colleagues found that a 2014 to 2017 heat wave caused moderate ...