A massive coral colony discovered in the remote Maug Islands has been identified as the largest Porites rus ever recorded. At ...

Coral reefs are often described in scientific terms: ecosystems rich in biodiversity, natural storm barriers, and sources of food and income. Yet for many scientists, the path into reef research did ...

New research reveals how coral species traits and population patterns can mean the difference between a reef that regenerates ...

The ocean may be nature’s single greatest gift to humanity. It provides about half of the oxygen we breathe, feeds billions of people, supports countless jobs in every corner of the globe, and absorbs ...

The ring-shaped coral islands known as atolls, like this one in the Maldives Islands in the Indian Ocean, may trace their formation to sea levels repeatedly rising and falling over hundreds of ...

Tim Lamont receives funding from the Royal Commission of 1851 and the Fisheries Society of the British Isles. Gita Alisa receives funding from Friends of Lancaster University in America and Sheba Hope ...

Hidden reef sounds reveal oxygen production patterns, helping scientists track coral reef health in real time.

Hovering underwater, I felt as if I were witnessing a form of planetary circulation. Nutrients moving from forest to coast, ...

A new study recently released found more than half the world's coral reefs are bleached because of ocean warming. Data from more than 15,000 reefs globally analyzed by a team of scientists over a ...

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 ...