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

After a disastrous year for coral reefs in which abnormally high ocean temperatures served a fatal blow to many of the vital underwater ecosystems, researchers have found a glimmer of hope off the ...

A research team has achieved a significant breakthrough in understanding the adaptive strategies of the deep-sea black coral ...

Three-quarters of the world's oceans are still unmapped with much detail. But as our technology improves, researchers can see more and more of what's hidden beneath the inky depths. Such as, say, the ...

Scientists have recently announced a new black coral species thriving in warm temperatures. Teams with ocean exploration non-profit OceanX initially made the discovery in 2020 during an expedition in ...

A new study may help researchers predict coral bleaching months earlier than current tools, and, for the first time, may help predict invasion events of coral-eating crown-of-thorns starfish. A new ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Forecasts suggest that an El Niño climate pattern could begin later this year, raising sea temperatures at a time when global temperatures are ...

As warming waters devastate coral around the world, the sea’s stunningly colorful reefs have been remarkably resilient. But pollution, mass tourism and overfishing put them at risk. By Jenny Gross and ...

The Pacific Fishery Management Council will consider Thursday choosing among several areas off Monterey Bay to protect in order to restore and preserve deep-sea corals that create habitat for sea ...

Gall crabs are tiny, and yet these crustaceans have evolved fluorescence to help them be concealed within hideouts they have created in the coral itself. Fluorescence in gall crabs has been reported ...