Some ancient fish in the Caribbean may have lost their lunch. Modern food chains on coral reefs off the coasts of the Dominican Republic and Panama are roughly 60 to 70 percent shorter than they were ...

Benefits to society from coral reefs, including fisheries, tourism, coastal protection, pharmaceutical discovery and more, are estimated at about $9.8 trillion per year. For the first time, an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new study recently released found more than half the world's coral reefs are bleached because of ocean warming. Data from more ...

Parts of Australia's beleaguered Great Barrier Reef now have the highest levels of coral cover seen in decades - Copyright AFP Glenn NICHOLLS Parts of Australia's ...

University of Guam researcher Dr. Laurie Raymundo conducting a health assessment of a bleached Acropora muricata thicket in Apra Harbor, Guam, October 2017. Credit: Dave Burdick Benefits to society ...

As carbon emissions continue to be pumped into the atmosphere at record levels, it will be critical to recapture and sequester as much of these warming gases as possible. While technological ...

APOLLO BEACH, Fla. — The Florida Aquarium transferred out 9,000 juvenile corals to two restoration partners on Wednesday. It’s all part of Florida’s Coral Reef Restoration and Recovery Initiative, ...

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, ...

Half of the planet’s coral reefs suffered major damage from a heatwave that occurred almost a decade ago, according to research released Tuesday, which warns that a similar and more severe phenomenon ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: Catch a 360-degree livestream of the coral reef in the visitor center if you aren't diving yourself. Or, enjoy a refreshing break in the air-conditioned movie theater when it ...