Learn how coral reefs drive daily changes in ocean microbes — a process that shapes how nutrients and energy move through ...

Coral reefs shape the daily rise and fall of nearby microbes, organizing them into rhythms that influence how reef ecosystems ...

The Great Barrier Reef has “given birth” in its annual coral spawn, creating a cacophony of color on the Australian landmark. Scientists working beneath the waves say they witnessed the event, in ...

Coral reefs are often described as biodiversity hotspots, but new research shows they also act as powerful regulators of the ...

A new study shows that restoring coral reefs can bring ecosystems back to life — and with them, their sounds. Hear the new sounds that show life returning in these coral reefs Hear the new sounds that ...

A dead coral reef, destroyed years ago by fishermen, has been brought back to life after scientists installed specially-made steel frames into the sea floor and coaxed transplanted coral to grow and ...

CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C. (WCIV) — Once-used scrap metal is now being used as an artificial reef. A 250-foot barge is about 10 miles offshore of Edisto. It joins a great white shark sculpture. Both are ...

The reef was discovered at a depth of about 1,310 to 1,970 feet, scientists said. Image courtesy of L. Robinson (U. Bristol), D. Fornari (WHOI), M. Taylor (U. Essex), D. Wanless (Boise State U.) ...

“Five bouts of mass bleaching since 1998 have turned the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) into a checkerboard of reefs with very different recent histories, ranging from two percent of reefs that have escaped ...

When people picture Guadalupe Mountains National Park, they imagine an arid, peak-speckled stretch of the Arizona-New Mexico Mountains and Chihuahuan Desert. It’s a Texan place of heat, plunging ...

Coral reefs, some of the most stunningly beautiful marine ecosystems on Earth, are dying. Ninety percent of them will likely be gone by 2050 due to rising ocean temperatures and pollution. “But it’s ...

What if death could also bring new life? Instead of placing ashes in urns or scattering them in quiet ceremony, United Kingdom-based company Resting Reef incorporates cremated remains into handcrafted ...