Coral reefs have long been losing their color due to bleaching, but a recent uptick has caused nearly all of the world's ...

Imagine diving beneath the waves into a world bursting with color—where intricate coral structures form underwater cities ...

Reefs are extremely biodiverse—they are sometimes called the “rainforests of the sea”—and support about one third of all known marine life. Corals also protect shorelines from erosion and ...

Researchers said they discovered a "biological treasure chest" of corals located in an underwater lagoon off a remote South ...

The world's rainbow reefs have gone ghostly white in seas around the globe due to record heat in the oceans, the ...

Coral reefs—dubbed the “rainforests of the sea"—are a vital part of the marine ecosystem. They support biodiversity, protect coastlines from storms and erosion, and are an important source ...

An unprecedented coral bleaching episode has spread to 84 percent of the world's reefs in an unfolding human-caused crisis ...

The International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) announced that bleaching-level heat stress has impacted more than 80% of the ...

threatening marine life from Fiji to the Florida Keys to Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. “The ongoing global coral bleaching event is the biggest to date,” NOAA scientists said. Bleaching ...

The single greatest threat to the diversity of life in our oceans over the past 50 years, more than climate change or plastic ...

Lakshadweep is a group of 36 small islands in the Arabian Sea, off the southwestern coast of India. It is one of the smallest ...