Lord Howe Island lies in the middle of the ocean, about 700 kilometers northeast of Sydney. It's covered in lush forest and fringed by the world's most southerly coral reef ecosystem. This reef system ...

Healthy coral reefs echo with a chorus of grunts and purrs from fish feeding, looking for mates, or defending their territories, underscored by the persistent crackling of snapping shrimp. Larval ...

Coral reefs, worth an estimated $9.8 trillion a year to humanity, are in far worse shape than previously realized. A massive international study found that during the 2014–2017 global marine heatwave, ...

Divers are installing waterproof speakers in the ocean to help pull a coral reef near Jamaica back from the brink The northern coast of Jamaica once served as the backdrop for scenes in the James Bond ...

New research published today in Science Advances reveals that the largest expansion of coral reefs in the past 100 million years happened about 20 to 10 million years ago, between Australia and ...

Scientists have discovered what may be one of the world’s largest cold-water coral reef systems, located about 1,000 meters (3,300 feet) deep in Argentina’s territorial waters, with much of it ...

SINGAPORE – A study has uncovered hundreds of new microbial species inhabiting coral reefs, a discovery which may one day prove invaluable in helping save lives. Researchers at Swiss university ETH ...

Coral reefs are really important for the planet's biodiversity. Although they cover less than 1 percent of the ocean floor, they are home to a quarter of all known marine species. These habitats are ...

This is Antelope Reef, home to China’s latest artificial island — and one of its largest — in contested waters of the South China Sea. Satellite images show dozens of dredgers, which grind up the ...

With a years-long string of acclaimed enthusiast-aimed releases on its resume, I think Timex has earned the benefit of the doubt. The brand rarely misses these days, which is why I was a bit surprised ...