Among the myriad creatures that populate our ocean, some stand out as having an outsized impact on the marine environment—shaping and maintaining habitats that themselves sustain countless other forms ...

Although this sometimes happens by mistake when your fin grazes the sea floor, lots of sediment rising up can harm coral and ...

Scientists can now automatically process and classify data about large areas of the sea floor with a new machine-learning ...

Coral reefs in the Gulf of Eilat paused growth for 3,000 years due to sea-level changes but later recovered. Scientists warn ...

This relationship between the zooxanthellae and the coral polyps is an excellent example of a mutually beneficial relationship, also known as symbiosis. Although they occupy less than 0.1% of the ...

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 ...

According to Samsung: "Despite covering less than one percent of the ocean floor, coral reefs support approximately 25 percent of all marine life, making them one of Earth’s most biodiverse ...

Coral reefs are in trouble for two reasons: The first is that the water in which they live is rising, and the second is that the high amounts of atmospheric carbon dioxide are making sea water ...

The coral reefs of Nha Trang, Vietnam, are in severe decline due to climate change, overfishing, and pollution.

Around the world coral reefs cover less than 1% of the ocean floor. But a quarter of all species that live in the sea need them to survive. We learned that coral is made of tiny animals ...