Coral reefs are home to over one million species, earning them the nickname "the rainforests of the sea." However, coral ...

Huaguang Reef, one of the expansive atolls in the Xisha Islands, is completely mature, stretching 31 kilometers from east to west and 12 kilometers from north to south. Positioned as a concealed reef ...

As global warming causes temperatures to rise in oceans across the globe, it will be critical to discover novel ways to identify reef corals that are susceptible or tolerant to future heating for ...

Following a global assessment, the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species has revealed that 44% of reef-building coral species globally are at risk of extinction. The announcement was made at the ongoing ...

Marine biologists in Venezuela are racing against the clock to stop an invasive species of soft coral that are ravaging reefs. Ana Yranzo Duque, a coral reef researcher at the Universidad Central de ...

About a year ago, the seas got unusually hot, even by our current, overheated standards. Twelve months of broken records later, the oceans are still more feverish than climate models and normal ...