Learn how a dramatic climate shift in the Pacific may have wiped out an entire underwater ecosystem deep below the Galápagos ...

By Elizabeth Claire Alberts Biologist Erik Cordes has spent much of his career studying cold-water reefs — coral systems ...

UNEP is helping the global tourism industry reduce its environmental impact and protect the marine ecosystems that support ...

A new study finds that more than 70 percent of these protected zones are exposed to high levels of wastewater pollutants, ...

On April 28, SCUBA teams from the DLNR Division of Aquatic Resources dove to a selected location in Kewalo Basin on O‘ahu’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ORLANDO, Fla. – Simulated moonlight. Perfect temperatures. A hum of bubbling saltwater. A team of marine biologists had done ...

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

Scientists are monitoring the impacts of ocean acidification on vital, colorful coral reefs in the Florida Keys by using a ...

By Sergio Queiroz RIO DE JANEIRO, April 29 (Reuters) - Coral cover of Brazil’s Abrolhos reefs, the most biodiverse coral ...

APOLLO BEACH, Fla. — More than 1,000 coral babies spawned and raised at The Florida Aquarium are headed to the Florida Keys to be planted on reefs or nurtured in ocean-based nurseries. The corals were ...

Hawaiian gold coral in the deep ocean. (Photo credit: HURL) Layers of coral skeleton laid down over the past 1,000 years can be seen in this polished section of a deep sea coral. (Photo by M. McCarthy ...