Coral reefs provide habitats rich in biodiversity and offer protection against flooding. Climate change threatens their existence if sea-level rise (SLR) outpaces the ability of coral reefs to grow ...

Roughly 11 miles off Charleston, a doomed schooner rests on the seafloor, a shipwreck that over the past century quietly ...

Corals, the foundation of ocean biodiversity, are threatened by climate change. But new research suggests that these ...

The hidden world of coral reefs is home to thousands of plant and animal species. But it's a world under threat from ...

Some corals adjust their skeleton chemistry to withstand acidifying oceans, offering resilience but not immunity to climate ...

Nickel mining threatens one of the world's most important marine biodiversity and coral hotspots in Indonesia, despite the government revoking several permits, a report warned Thursday.

While it’s not helping fly the Millennium Falcon, marine biologists have discovered a new type of deep-sea coral in the ...

Swansea University has led an international team of marine scientists and practitioners—spanning 18 countries—in calling for ...

Researchers at KAUST have confirmed that the Red Sea once vanished entirely, turning into a barren salt desert before being ...

The High Seas Treaty was just ratified and will soon become enforceable, supplying much needed legal framework to protect ...

The U.K. government has rejected calls to fully ban bottom trawling in its offshore marine protected areas, despite evidence ...

Hosts of NPR's science podcast discuss new findings about long-distance fly migration, an unexpected impact of emissions in ...