A global analysis of coral bleaching across 81 countries reveals that reefs in the equatorial Coral Triangle region were ...

The Geographic Foundation of Marine Richness 6% of the planet's oceanic area, yet houses 76% of all known coral species in ...

In the Caribbean, marine biologists are warning that unprecedented ocean heat is further stressing a coral reef system that’s already on the brink of collapse. This week the Farmers Insurance company ...

Oceans all over the world are experiencing warmer-than-normal temperatures, but waters off the southern U.S. could be on the brink of an ocean heat wave emergency as temperatures rise to unprecedented ...

A new study reveals that heat-tolerant symbiotic algae may be essential to saving elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata) -- a foundational species in Caribbean reef ecosystems -- from the devastating ...

To introduce aquaculture best practices towards the sustainable development of the marine aquaculture industry, the Marine Fish Farmers Association of Malaysia (MFFAM) was launched in Putrajaya on May ...

A dying thicket of acropora cervicornis, or staghorn coral, in Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida, on Sept. 11, 2023, with some branches completely bleached and others having already died. / (Shedd ...

Around 10 in the morning each day, women in hijabs and loose long dresses wade through Zanzibar's turquoise shallow tides to tend their sponge farms -- a new lifeline after climate change upended ...

SAN ANDRÉS, Colombia — Nearly 50 years after she first put on a wetsuit, Elvira Alvarado still remembers coming upon a coral reef off Colombia's Caribbean coast. "Everything was alive. And it was ...