A team of environmental scientists at Duke University, working with colleagues from the University of New South Wales, the ...

Record-breaking ocean heat has taken a devastating toll on one of the world’s greatest natural wonders, with coral bleaching on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef reaching “catastrophic” levels, a new ...

A new study led by Prof. Adi Torfstein from the Hebrew University and Prof. Oren Levy from Bar-Ilan University, in ...

Researchers are designing a global real-time monitoring system to help save the world's coral reefs from further decline, primarily due to bleaching caused by global warming.

Scientists have developed a novel tool designed to protect and conserve coral reefs by providing them with an abundance of feeding opportunities.

The Great Barrier Reef is not just an Australian icon—it is a vital ecosystem that supports over 1,500 species of fish, 400 species of coral, and countless other marine organisms.

The kikumeishimodoki, or zebra coral, lies about 20 meters off the coast of the Kamo district of Tsuruoka in Yamagata Prefecture, which faces the Sea of Japan. The northern limit of the reef ...

Record ocean heat has taken a devastating toll on one of the world’s greatest natural wonders, with coral bleaching on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef reaching “catastrophic” levels ...

Marine scientists from the University of Sydney yesterday have published the first peer-reviewed study documenting “catastrophic” coral bleaching events at the southern Great Barrier Reef in ...

The research team meticulously tracked the health of 462 coral colonies at the University of Sydney's Great Barrier Reef research station at One Tree Island over a period of 161 days. The results ...

Scientists have found that coral bleaching on Australia's Great Barrier Reef has reached "catastrophic" levels. More than 40% of corals monitored near an island in the southern reef were killed ...

Covering nearly 133,000 square miles (345,000 square kilometers), the Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest coral reef, home to more than 1,500 species of fish and 411 species of hard corals.