CORAL REEF From the deck of a skiff on the surface ... Heyman and I swam toward a huge ball of spawning cubera snappers, a dark, slow-rotating, cyclonic tower that resolved itself, as we swam ...

Most corals are colonial animals - superorganisms comprising lots of smaller organisms - made up of multitudes sea anemone-like coral polyps. In the reef-building "hard corals", the polyps sit in ...

At dusk we returned to the mangroves and submerged into the dark water with ... has proven resilient to coral bleaching, but it faces the same threat that other reefs do as the ocean warms ...

As record ocean heat threatens corals off Florida and across the globe, conservationists are shifting their strategy Share Comment Add to your saved stories Save Warning: This graphic requires ...

NHA TRANG, Vietnam (AP) — The gentle waves off the coast of central Vietnam's Nha Trang obscure an open secret: The ...

Nearly a quarter of all ocean species rely on the reefs. William… Coral reefs across the globe once again endure mass bleaching amid warming oceans, scientists say Coral reef bleaching across ...

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

Researchers have found that reef fish from the Arabian Gulf, the world's hottest sea, exhibit a higher tolerance to temperature fluctuations compared to those from more thermally stable coral reefs.