New research published in Science Advances reveals that the largest expansion of coral reefs in the past 100 million years ...

Lord Howe Island lies in the middle of the ocean, about 700 kilometers northeast of Sydney. It's covered in lush forest and ...

Biologist Erik Cordes has spent much of his career studying cold-water reefs — coral systems typically found in chilly, dark ...

The endangered hawksbill sea turtle is one of hundreds of marine species that live in or migrate through the Veracruz Reef System, which environmental lawyers say is threatened by the expansion of a ...

It demonstrates that the onset of reef growth on the outer shelf was preceded by a rise in summer temperature from ~26° to ~28°C at around 700 thousand years ago (marine isotope stage 17). This ...

What is the largest living structure on Earth? Learn about the Great Barrier Reef, its size, location, importance and interesting facts. Earth is home to many natural wonders, but some are so large ...

A recent study of Dutch Carbbean coral reefs shows that human activity and coastal development are impacting reef shark ...