Invasive rats on tropical islands are creating winners and losers among the tiny underwater animals near the bottom of the ...

Divers touched or hit the reef, on average, about once every four minutes. More than 40% of those contacts caused visible ...

Scientists found tiny reef fish resting safely inside Christmas tree worms, revealing a surprising coral reef relationship ...

Gérard Zinzindohoué. Researchers used sonar and underwater imaging systems to locate a mesophotic coral garden that ...

Researchers are using water chemistry and microbes to monitor coral reef health. Ocean currents significantly influence these ...

Scientists first identified the possible location during the 1960s, while surveying potential fishing areas, but assumed that ...

"That was a big moment for us, because suddenly we could actually see the seafloor." ...

Islamorada, Fla. (WFLA) — Two years ago, water temperatures in the Florida Bay topped 100 degrees. When this happens, the ...

Some 60 years ago scientists documented a coral reef off the coast of Benin in West Africa that they presumed was already ...

Florida's only coral reef system is rapidly disappearing, and scientists warn a major setback in state funding could stall efforts to save it just as restoration work was beginning to scale up.

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 ...

That’s key when it comes to protecting coastal South Florida from 20-foot waves from a future storm. “We showed that this was ...