Overfishing and global warming are depleting food from our oceans, but rebuilding coral reefs could help provide millions of ...

Thousands of baby corals took a major step this week toward saving Florida's struggling reefs. Why it matters: They offer a ...

With another El Niño expected in 2026, only a short time after the last one, many reefs will not have had sufficient time to ...

The Great Barrier Reef stretches for 1,429 miles just off Australia's northeastern coast. Auscape/Universal Images Group via Getty Image Tropical reefs might look like inanimate rock, but these ...

The ocean may be nature’s single greatest gift to humanity. It provides about half of the oxygen we breathe, feeds billions of people, supports countless jobs in every corner of the globe, and absorbs ...

Investing in natural infrastructure by restoring coral reefs in Florida and Puerto Rico can save millions of dollars by mitigating flooding damage, according to a study by a U.S. Geological Survey ...

Project ReefLink, a nationwide community science project, invites participants to sample microbes from home and institutional aquarium corals to understand how their native microbes can confer ...

Researchers found that coral reefs can shape microbial communities in surrounding waters through natural interactions like ...

Marine biologists sampling coral reef waters multiple times a day have shown how they shape surrounding marine life.

Coral reefs don’t just shape marine life you can see, they also control the daily rhythms of invisible microbes nearby.