Soft corals, which are members of the class Octocorallia, are major components of marine ecosystems, including coral reefs.

A groundbreaking study of 7,000-year-old exposed coral reef fossils reveals how human fishing has transformed Caribbean reef ...

They live in the ocean’s coldest, darkest depths, far from sight — but cold-water corals are far from safe. In a first-of-its ...

Shell-rich rocks trace a mostly upward climb in ocean life, with each mass extinction slashing both diversity and biomass ...

Groundwater input to coral reefs directly affects water chemistry and triggers a cascade of changes in the coastal ecosystem, ...

Scientists from the University of Technology Sydney are searching for “super corals,” species that are naturally more ...

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Tropical coral reefs encrust the coastlines of islands and continents near Earth’s equator but this zone, which has offered ...

The coral reef geomorphic zone classification (CRGZC) map can provide a wealth of information for coastal management and protection. Remote sensing plays an important role in CRGZC by virtue of its ...

Prochlorococcus, a genus of bacteria that’s key to oxygen production in the ocean, tends to disappear when faced with marine ...

The initiative—led by the Bahamian government in partnership with Atlantis Paradise Island, the Atlantis Blue Project Foundation, the Perry Institute for Marine Science (PIMS), the University of The ...

The Bahamas has launched an aggressive national conservation initiative to address and reverse the devastating effects of warming ocean temperatures and a disease ravaging its coral reefs. The ...