A towering coral reef has emerged from the depths of Australia’s northern waters, reshaping what scientists thought they knew ...

31 different multibeam sonar surveys led researchers to discover the extent of a deep-sea coral reef off the southeastern U.S. – the largest ever found.

Why do people care about coral reefs? Why does their damage cause such concern and outrage? What drives people to go to great ...

Google has added coral reef panoramas to its Street View maps service. The internet giant teamed up with ocean conservationists Catlin Seaview Survey to map out reefs near Australia, Hawaii, the ...

Crackling shrimp sounds at night are helping scientists uncover which coral reefs are recovering - and which ones are in ...

Coral reefs provide more than food. They also provide protection against tropical storms by dissipating the energy and height of ocean waves. Watch this fascinating video exploring how USGS ...

During Coral Reef Awareness Week, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) marks 30 years of monitoring ...

Until relatively recently, global maps of coral reefs hadn’t changed significantly from the maps produced by Charles Darwin in 1842. Darwin based his historic maps on observations from his ...

The severity of marine heatwaves (MHWs) that are increasingly impacting ocean ecosystems, including vulnerable coral reefs, has primarily been assessed using remotely sensed sea-surface ...

A coral farm in the Bahamas is proving that the most efficient way to restore coral reefs may be growing them on land. Coral Vita is a reef restoration project which grows corals using ...